Cynthia Selfe Summary

In Cynthia L. Selfe's essay "Lest We Think the Revolution is a Revolution Images of Technology and the Nature of Change" my group was assigned to summarize right where one of the three major narratives in introduced on page 305 and until right before the last paragraph on page 309. The Narrative she introduced in this section my group was assigned was "The Un-Gendered Utopia" and "The Same Old Gendered Stuff". She is trying to elaborate on the fact that computers are still aiming towards social classes which are mainly men. They are aiming towards men from previous believes and are making that old stereotype that that men are working men and women are suppose to just be house wife's even stronger. She then brings up the face that to live in an Un-Gendered utopia we need to live in a place where women play a bigger role in everyday life. We cant really change this just because of the tradition that we already have in place. She stresses that women only use computers strictly for responsibilities where men use if for personal enjoyment as well as responsibilities. This stereotype was brought up after World War 2 when women were forced to leave the workplace and to become professionals around the house with this technology. She says that men use technology to accomplish things; women benefit from the technology to enhance the ease their lives or to benefit families.