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Room 1020-700 Royal Ave. Douglas College New Westminster, BC V3L 5B2 TELEPHONE: 604.525.3542 WEBSITE: theotherpress.ca EMAIL: editor@theotherpress.ca STAFF LIST Natalie Serafini Editor-in-Chief Meditor@theotherpress.ca Eric Wilkins Assistant Editor Massistant@theotherpress.ca Angela Ho Business Manager Chandler Walter Distribution Manager Mike LeMieux Layout Manager Joel McCarthy Graphics Manager Cara Seccafien Production Assistant Ed Appleby IHustrator Jony Roy Social Media Coordinator Angela Espinoza News Editor Minews@theotherpress.ca Cheryl Minns Arts Editor Marts@theotherpress.ca Chitwan Khosla Features Editor Mfeatures@theotherpress.ca Brittney MacDonald Life & Style Editor Mlifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca Elliot Chan Opinions Editor Mopinions@theotherpress.ca Sharon Miki Humour Editor Mhumour@theotherpress.ca Staff Writers Alex Stanton Cazzy Lewchuk Mercedes Deutscher Senior Columnists Adam Tatelman Patrick Vaillancourt Columnists Megan West Kirsten Scott-Wuori Contributor Koy Tayler The woman wide web Wor dear readers, to: the Other Press’ second: themed issue of the year: the Technology Issue! Technology is a topic steeped in countless angles and issues, which is why I was so excited to introduce it as our next themed issue. And right now, I want to talk about the gender gap in technology. TechRepublic.com reported in 2014 that “In the mid-1980s, 37 per cent of computer science majors were women; in 2012, 18 per cent. ... Seven per cent of venture capital funding goes to women-owned businesses.” Quartz also reported that “tech companies employ an average of 12.33 per cent women engineers,’ and that Mozilla has “a 500-person engineering team but only 43 women.” By contrast, TechRepublic. com also reports that “young girls are now showing interest in computer science.” Computer science and technology continue : to be male-dominated fields, although young girls show as © Getloknowus! © The Other Press has been Douglas College’s student newspaper since 1976. Since 1978 we have been an autonomous publication, independent of the student union. We area registered society under the Society Act of British Columbia, governed by an eight-person board of directors appointed by our staff. Our head office is located in the New Westminster campus. the summer. We receive our funding from a student levy collected through tutition fees every semester at registration, and from local and national advertising revenue. The Other Press is a member ofthe Canadian University Press (CUP), asyndicate of student newspapers that includes much interest in the field as young boys do, with young girls : attending code seminars in : droves, for example. This is part of why I get : frustrated when people suggest : that women don’t enter male- : dominated fields—including : politics, business, and the : like—because they’re incapable : or disinterested; evidence : would indicate that’s a load of : malarkey. When it comes to : getting into those fields and : working your way up to the top : rung, there’s discouragement : along the way. Now, obviously this isn’t the case across the board; there : are women who break into : politics, business, medicine, : and technology. There are : exceptions, but those exceptions : don’t discount how women : are discouraged from entering : male-dominated fields (like : physics, engineering, and : technology), are relegated to the : ; attempt at empowering young : girls and women, but it’s also : problematic. Banning the words : more “female-centric” areas of fields (such as gynaecology and : paediatrics in medicine), and papers from all across Canada. that is hateful, obscene, or condones or promotes illegal activities. Submissions may be edited for clarity and brevity if necessary. All images used are copyright to their respective owners. : person’s ability to perform : most tasks. A professor of mine : once made an analogy between : female soldiers and a man : giving birth—as if a woman : are sometimes undermined or : disrespected in their quest to : reach the top. Sex has no bearing ona : were incapable of going to war : (not at all true) as a biological : fact, much like a man’s lack : of a uterus. Although sex has : no bearing on ability, when : women are seen as less capable : due to hackneyed, stubborn : gender stereotypes, you see : them actively discouraged from : entering fields, or entering : positions of authority. : research into how and why There’s still ongoing : women are so often discouraged : from going into the traditionally : male-dominated fields, and : how to reverse this gender disparity. The #BanBossy The Other Press is published weekly during the fall and winter semesters, and monthly during The Other Press reserves the right to choose what we will publish, and we will not publish material campaign circa 2014 is one I> Coa - Image from Thinkstock : “bitch” and “bossy” doesn’t : address the sexist attitudes : which are behind them. The : words will always have power, : whether we use them or not, : whether we ban them or : not—and they might gain even : more power if we ignore their : existence. While we can’t solve this : problem today, we can read : this issue of the Other Press : today! Our technology issue : has coverage of everything, : from apps that address gender : gaps, to technological movies, : games, and graphic novels; the : future of technology; artificial : intelligence assistants and : holographic jewelry; musings : on the Internet, social media, : and their use; and an exclusive interview with Alexander Graham Bell. Enjoy! Hello gorgeous, Natalie Sate Editor-in-Chief @® theotherpress.ca ) youtube.com/user/theotherpress instagram.com/theotherpress