This chapter was quite interesting in that it took a different point of view on the technological determinism topic. First off, she made it a hell of a lot easier to understand exactly what she was saying. The whole first part of the chapter was her defining what technology meant to her, and how it wasn’t just physical items. She also discussed how technology created problems that technology now has to solve. Like how its disputed that global warming is being caused by cars, a technology made back in the 20’s, and now we’re creating technology to be not only efficient, but earth friendly. She also goes on to talk about women’s place in technological advancements and how we would not be where we are without them. I believe women’s influence on technology can be measured to that of men, but the majority of inventors in the past were men. Its not that I’m trying to be sexist or anything, but it was just customary back then that women stayed home and men worked. Throughout most of the book, most authors argued that technological determinism was good for society or bad for society, but in this chapter, Williams almost seems like a peace maker because she really doesn’t take one side over the other. Instead she makes a case of her own, saying that language, and writing were the most important technologies of our time as opposed to more recent inventions that other authors argued. Peacemaker she may be in that she felt as though the ability to communicate with one another was the ultimate technology. I thought this chapter was a fresh new look at the way we look at technological determinism, and I enjoyed it. The ability to step out of the box and make your platform a feminist genre really speaks bounds to the character of this author, and I respect that.
Political and Feminist Dimensions
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