Studies suggest that girls and wome

Studies suggest that girls and women receive less education,
experience and opportunities in the area of technology because it
is deemed a male sex-typed subject (Altermatt, Jovanovic,&Perry,
1998; He &Freeman,2010 ; Peterson, 2010 ). Such influences thus
hold women back from technology careers that may pay better,
have better benefits and have greater stability (Plumm, 2008 ).
Biological sex,a variable in many of the studies (Coffin &
MacIntyre, 1999;Compton et al.,2003 ), has been used as the sole
indicator of behavior and attitudes toward technology.We have
shown that gender roles, or more specifically,masculinity is a
greater predictor of technology self-efficacy than the designation
of biological sex. Universities would benefit from adjusting current
teaching methods and intervention strategies to accommodate for
this difference in gender. By doing this,universities can better
prepare all students for greater opportunities within the classroom
and in future occupations.