Q. "Judy Wajcman raises some interesting issues regarding gender and technology: the association of technology with masculinity, the role of women as consumers of technological products and the new perspectives and opportunities which soft technologies, such as calculators, have opened for women. Explain why do the soft technologies open more opportunities for women? To illustrate what extent have these technologies impacted the perceptions of men's and women's roles in the economy, within marriage and in society as a whole?