did not have the same access to technology as their partners - because
it was owned and controlled by men - and did not participate in their activities.
See for example: "Information technology and women's
studies: reports from the field", Feminist Collections: A quarterly
of Women's Studies Resources, Memorial Library, Madison, USA, May 1996;
"Attitude or aptitude: what inhibits girls in the use of computers?",
The Philadelphia Inquirer, /5/1996 <http://www.phillynews.com/tech.life/SHL09.htm>.
It was noticeable that the girlfriends of the young Teeside men discussed
here
did not have the same access to technology as their partners - because
it was owned and controlled by men - and did not participate in their activities.