The Internet Is a Fine Place for Women

Chuck Huff states “the Internet has gotten a bad rap for being inhospitable to Women”. Although, I was not aware of this, it does not surprise me. Women have always had to overcome various challenges when they enter into a domain that is perceived to belong to men. A good example is in the workplace. Women have to contend with the same issues of not being taken seriously, sexually implicit comments, and sexual advances. These issues have gotten better with various laws or acts such as Sexual Harassment and equality in the workplace. Now it appears that these issues will have to be addressed in the virtual world.

I agree with Abbey’s comment “While I don't condone, or like, advances made by men, they nonetheless are a part of life, cyber or otherwise, so to say that life is inhospitable to women as an absolute is a bit of a stretch.” It is a part of life and these issues should be addressed based on the degree of the infraction (flirting vs. inappropriate sexual advances).

Huff states that “the electronic utopia will not be coming to a web site near you.” To use the word utopia is somewhat idealistic and unrealistic, since we have not reached utopia in the real world why would we expect it in cyberspace.

The more I explore the Internet, I can relate to Huff’s position that the Internet is a fine place for Women. In today’s society there is so much hustle and bustle, and time is certainly not a commodity. Therefore, having access to the Internet to participate in on-line organizations, share ones concerns or ideas, and search for information is certainly good technology for women.




Huff, Chuck. "The Internet IS a Fine Place for Women." A Virtual Commonplace. Dec. 2007. Computers and Society. 5 Apr. 2007 -http://college.hmco.com/english/amore/demo/ch4_ r3.html-.