Even today, as a partner of Denver PC and member of two chambers of commerce, I notice the gap has not really narrowed. I found that the typical small, woman-owned business either did not have a computer or used the computer as a glorified typewriter. There is little money in their budgets to develop computer technology. A very small number of these women business owners, however, were computer literate and knew how to get on the Internet. These women usually had come from the corporate environment where computer skills were a necessity.
Women still fill the majority of clerical roles and are given minimal computer training.
Most training is on the job. Rarely are they allowed company access to the Internet. They are trained just enough to do their specific job, and opportunities to learn more are virtually non-existent. Furthermore, if the woman does have a computer at home, often the children and the husband are the primary users. The spouse and children are more likely to be Internet knowledgeable.