Tag Archives: women

Both online and offline I am being made aware of a concern and issue around the lack of women on the web. What it is really is not the lack of women, but more the lack of the visability of women. Molly recently posted:
“Douglas Bowman, upon hearing someone ask me who the "other 24 most influential women on the Web" were, quipped that I was, in fact, all 25 of the most influential women on the Web. Funny, perhaps, but damned sad that only I could name a handful, and most could not name two.”
For me, although I recognise and infact find the same answer myself if I think about it; this is a really sad state of affairs. Molly is indeed a great example, but surely there is more than just one? I can possibly get up to 3 and then I get stuck – hardly a good thing. Another post by Rachel Andrew focuses on “Geeks who happen to also be women”. Recently, I have come to the realisation that what I thought was maybe only a small issue is actually pretty wide spread. That being the profile and visability of women in the web.