Teen Girls and Technology book review

1. ITEC 8636
Big Ideas Big Picture
Ashlee Peck

2. “While the majority of telecommunicators are
now female, they remain underrepresented in
technology careers” (Silverman & Pritchard as
cited in Farmer, 2008, p. introduction).

3. According to Orenstein and Pipher , “girls
tend to increase their self-consciousness
and lose their self-esteem, particularly
because they are more conscious of peer
and societal expectations about
increasingly rigid body images and
behaviors” (as cited in Farmer, 2008, p. 8).

4. “Girls enjoy school
more and work harder
than boys. As a result,
girls tend to get
higher grades in
school” (Black, Philbin
& Meier as cited in
Farmer, 2008, p. 9).

5. “Because girls tend not to play with spatially
manipulated toys as much as boys, they are
less prepared to succeed later with mechanical
and spatial challenges” (Moir & Jessel as cited
in Farmer, 2008, p. 8).

6. “More than 99% own
a television, and
poorer youth spend
more time watching it
than do youth in
higher-income
families” (Kaiser
Family Foundation as
cited in Farmer, 2008,
p. 22).