More female employees in the tech industry will induce newer and more innovation. This article will tell you why technology requires more women.
More innovation is required for women-oriented products
If we observe the market, products that relate to only women seem to be fewer than those used by men. Products like big breast pumps, tracking tools etc. These type of products will be produced more, once the ratio of women-men at the workplace became equal.
A girl’s childhood will have better influence
From the early years, it is seen that a boy is given a toy train to play with while a girl is given a barbie doll to play with. It is observed that a girl is discouraged from using too much technology whereas a boy is encouraged. This is a very dangerous effect on a child’s psychology because although she will be interested, she will not consider herself capable of it.
If the number of women employees increases, such type of gender differences will be removed eventually.
Sexual aggravation will be reduced
As the number of female employees increases, the male - female balance will be same. There will be equality in the number of male and female genders and as a result, the sexual stalking / harassment of female employees will reduce or even disappear and women will be free and comfortable to work more on night shifts as well.
Gender discrimination in appointments will reduce
Women seem to face sexism in their jobs as well. Even during job interviews, sometimes, out of the two candidates having the same educational qualifications and skill sets, one of them receives a higher salary package only because he is male and the company considers him to be stronger than the female candidate. This is unfair because judging a person by his or her gender is the worst possible thing that can happen. Once the number of female employees at the workplace increases, male dominance won’t exist in the industry.
More gender balance = better results
Today in the technology industry, there are fewer experts in comparison to the increasing demands and vacancies. Increasing the number of expert engineers and scientists will increase productivity and innovation. If the number of female techies increases to the level of men and if it is even more, then eventually the number of techies will increase which will be a great help in overall technology growth.
Sometimes, difference in thoughts is important
Different genders have different opinions and they generally think in different ways. Women seem to be more creative and artistic than men. The addition of an equal number of men and women will bring diversity to the work environment. And diversity in thinking, ideas, etc are always healthy for work.
About the Author:
Vaishnavi Agrawal loves pursuing excellence through writing and has a passion for technology. She has successfully managed and run personal technology magazines and websites. She currently writes for intellipaat.com, a global training company that provides e-learning and professional certification training. The courses offered by Intellipaat address the unique needs of working professionals. She is based out of Bangalore and has an experience of 5 years in the field of content writing and blogging. Her work has been published on various sites related to Hadoop, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, IT, SAP, Project Management and more.