"In the early 1980s, when the first computers appeared in corporate offices and homes, a whole generation of people, born approximately between 1950 and 1970, learned to use them through self-instruction or by taking short informal training courses. This generation is often captured as older generations of people who are much less confident in the use of digital technologies. Within this group, women are often depicted as having a negative relationship with computers and with ICT in general. What is the nature of this relationship to the computer, and has being a woman or a man influenced the construction of this relationship?
A qualitative analysis of semi-structured narrative interviews allowed exploring if and how dimensions such as computer anxiety, self-efficacy, attribution style, which are usually used to investigate rapport with computers, also apply to the specific target group. Furthermore, based on a comparison between genders, the study explored potential inequalities between women and men and examined the potential role of gender, from a feminist materialist perspective which sees gender as a “hierarchical system of norms for each sex”.
The results show that positive relationships are based on the same behaviours and attitudes for both women and men. However, the influence of gender emerged, dependent on power games and on recognition of situations that defy the stereotype in which men are much closer to technology than women. Better knowledge of the relationships that persons have with computer through their unique experiences of technology, in respect to their age, may help planning equality policies related to ageing."
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