It meant tapping into a larger world of perks, power perks, access perks, from Hong Kong to Paris, from Finland to Caracas. It may have been at this moment that male dominance of the computer world began in earnest. Just as there is a gap for women in the workplace, there is an increasing gap between the information rich and the information poor. This disparity of information resources is determined in part by one's access to computers, the wealth of information which resides on them in the form of news, research, information exchange, debate, communication and the intellectual growth and stimulation which interaction with new technology brings. It is about living.
New technologies generate wealth and power.
Cyberspace is not only where the future of commerce, entertainment and education are headed, it is where new communities are being formed which will shape the future in each of those areas. Women need to get on the net and lead the charge, not wait to be invited. It is vital for women to realize they must seize this opportunity, while the Web is in its formative stages to participate in writing the rules of the SuperInfoHwy. Women are already on the Net and gaining in numbers and power each day. Some have realized and on others it is just dawning, that they no longer have to wait for the patriarchies and the power structures to give them access to the media, or even mention them in the media, where they are relegated to the women's or society pages instead of the news and headlines.