I believe technology is still concerned masculine because women have been slow to get involved in these areas. I think of it is still how society views gender bias roles we each play. Some things are just simply slow to change. "Raising children" is still seen as a femine thing - it's the "wife's job." I think this still holds true for a lot of things -- cooking, cleaning house, office jobs (secretary, answer phones, etc), "easy" factory jobs, etc. are still seen as femine while management, "dirty" factory jobs, engineers, etc are still seen as masculine.

Therefore, I believe society plays a major role as a factor of "opening opportunities" for women. I think as the baby boomers retire, jobs may "even out" from a gender perspective. I believe there are people going to school now that will fill those management roles, technology opportunities (such as myself going for my bachelor's degree in programming), etc.

What are your thoughts are this topic for "opening opportunities" --Now word count. Just your response to this thread.