Perspectives on gender and product design

Abstract

International audienceInteractive technologies have a profound mediating effect on the way we obtain and contribute to knowledge, relate to each other and contribute to society. Often, "gender" is not a factor that is explicitly considered in the design of these technologies. When gender is considered, products are often designed with idealised models of gendered "users" -- designed for men, designed for women, designed for boys, designed for girls, or designed for the "average user" who could be male or female. However, the ways in which gender-bias or gender-neutrality are constructed in the design process and the resulting effect on the interactive artifacts that are produced is not well understood. This workshop will address what HCI is currently bringing, and can bring, to the table in addressing this issue

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“…Figure 8 shows the gender distribution of users who participated in the SNS-based RE process. The gender attribute is usually used for gender-driven design in software engineering [35]. The gender attribute was useful to provide a gender-inclusive design environment in this experiment.…”

Participação Feminina em Comitês de Programa de Simpósios da Computação

“…Tal falta de diversidade de gênero impacta a produtividade [Turban et al 2019], e na Computação nãoé diferente. Por exemplo, estudos mostram tal impacto nasáreas de desenvolvimento de software e interação humano-computador [Burnett et al 2015, Dray et al 2014, e no uso amplo de software como planilhas eletrônicas [Burnett et al 2011]. Esses estudos apontam problemas e diferenças entre os gêneros, enquanto outros discutem ações para aumentar a diversidade entre estudantes e profissionais de TI.…”

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