Geek Girls: Inequality and Opportunity in Silicon Valley

by France Winddance Twine

Book Overview

Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2023

An inside account of gender and racial discrimination in the high-tech industry

Why is being a computer "geek" still perceived to be a masculine occupation? Why do men continue to greatly outnumber women in the high-technology industry? Since 2014, a growing number of employment discrimination lawsuits has called attention to a persistent pattern of gender discrimination...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479803820
• ISBN13: 9781479803828
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"