Abstract:
The Tech world has for a long time been taken over by men and left women believing tech is not for them. This study sought to investigate why women feel intimidated by men in the Tech world and ways in which they will feel more involved.
The study focuses on Riara University students. To fulfill its objective the study operated a descriptive research approach. The target population in the study was the female students taking Bachelors of Business and IT and those taking computer science.
Primary data was collected using a quantitative approach. The respondents were students from each of the two courses and from each class (year one to four).
The data obtained was mainly quantifiable in nature and hence was analyzed by descriptive analysis. I conducted inferential analysis which included a multiple regression analysis. The study concludes that the society mentality of women and technology has greatly affected female students into believing that maybe men are better off in the technology field. There is therefore the need for ladies/women/girls to let go of the mentality and familiarize themselves with technology and hence make them feel the sense of belonging in the field. For this to succeed, men have to either give the ladies a chance or women have to forcefully feel that sense of belonging, ‘fake it till you make it’. No particular field belongs to a specific gender.
