Historical context: Technology's development and the corresponding knowledge have traditionally been gendered, with men having significant influence.

Feminist perspective: Over the past 50 years, scholars have been exploring technology's gendered aspect, evaluating how it interacts with gender in the fields such as reproductive technologies and domestic work appliances.

For example: In the world of technology, it's often been men who have created and designed household appliances like vacuum cleaners, washing machines, and microwaves, with women in mind as the primary users. It's a fascinating paradox!

The Linotype era: The Linotype machine revolutionized the printing process, making it more efficient. It was considered a high-skill job and exclusively operated by men.

Transition to QWERTY: As electronic methods took over, printing moved to QWERTY keyboards, predominantly operated by women considered to be performing 'unskilled' work.

Key point: The shift to QWERTY wasn't purely for innovation; it had political and gendered implications. It undermined the status of male compositors, equating them to typists (mostly women), thus giving women an edge due to their lower labor cost.

Before the term "computer" referred to machines, it was a job description for people performing calculations, mostly done by women. This work was seen as repetitive and unglamorous until the 1970s.

With the field's professionalization and academic degrees, along with the narrative that computers were 'toys for the boys', a gender gap developed in technology.

For example: It's akin to the modern tech industry's gender gap, where women represent only about 25% of computing jobs as of my knowledge cutoff in 2021.