– In Computer and Composition, technofeminism has emerged to critique the historical domination of male figures in the domain of digital spaces, technology and culture, which were inherently biased against women. The hegemonic designs and definitions of technology often limit women as eternal outsiders in that very realm and perpetuate harmful stereotypes as technologically challenged/inferior to their male counterparts. Techonofeminists, in response, try to fight those biases and stereotypes by redesigning gender-just technology designs and making cases of “transgression” and “empowerment” in digital spaces and cultures. Technofeminism focuses on intersectional digital diversities. (95). [SD-06].
The Rise of Technofeminism as a part of resistance in Digital Space and Culture
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Yes, I’m glad you pointed this out; you’re right that technofeminism has been an influential framework in Computers & Writing. Your entry made me wonder whether variations of technofeminism have gained hold in other fields (perhaps under other names), or whether technofeminism has had influence in other technology-related fields and sub-fields. I don’t know the answer, but something along the lines of mapping technofeminisms within and beyond C&W could be a possibly promising extension of this.