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The Research Of Gender Equality In The Technical Area Based On The View Of STS

Posted on:2016-08-19Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y HeFull Text:PDF
GTID:2347330470984316Subject:Philosophy of science and technology
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The cultivation and development of female technical talents plays an irreplaceable role in technical progress and talents development strategy. On the theory of STS social constructivism, ‘technology' and ‘gender(as social factor)' have some sort of inner connection, both of them are treated as the subsystem of the social big system, mutually constructed each other. The feminism theory proposes that gender relation is an important social relation so that it is necessary to involve the‘technology 'and ‘gender' relation in concerning the technology-society relation.Through inspecting the technical field in terms of the gender, it is easy to find that there are plenty of gender inequality phenomenon in technical field. For instance, the gender inequality in the process of technology practice, the inequality of the technical production and the inequality in the education field of technology. Traditional gender culture, the lack of regime and the shortage of female are the main factors causing the gender inequality and position gap in technical field. Only by breaking the traditional gender dualism, creating the pioneer gender culture, system innovation and change of the female self-recognition can we change the situation of the gender inequality.The thesis starts with exploration of the gender research in technical field,discussing the necessary to research the subject, summarizing the interpretation of‘technology' and ‘theory' in feminism theory respectively, analyzing the feminism technology theory, summarizing the interpretation for the ‘gender' and ‘technology' in the feminism theory. It provides the thinking frame and theories foundation to discuss the connection between the technology and gender. And then, the thesis inspects the gender problems through the STS social constructivism. From three dimensions,process of technology practice, technical products themselves and field of technical education, the thesis discusses the situation and phenomenon of the inequality in technical field. The small number of female technical practitioner, the low position,the poor salary, the discrimination in technical education field and technical products in men's style seriously restrict the overall development of technical female talents,against the ‘pursuing gender harmony ‘value in technical field. After that, the thesis make a STS research on inequality in technical field. It analyze the underlying causes of the inequality in technical field in three aspects: culture, society and gender.Finally, it suggest to construct the balance in the technical field from the view oftechnology, gender and society. It also points out that the guidance and creation of advanced gender culture, establishment and implementation of gender-difference policy, adjustment and remolding of technical female balanced roles are the efficient paces to realize the gender balance in technical field.
Keywords/Search Tags:STS, technical field, social gender, female technical talent, gender equality
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