Post by account_disabled on Jan 8, 2024 5:20:07 GMT -5
Teleworking , which has become the norm for many employees in the new era of coronavirus, could end up becoming an unexpected ally to the most ultramontane gender clichés. And men and women benefit very differently from digitalization, which greatly affects both their personal lives and their work lives. This is clear at least from a recent study carried out in Germany by D21 Initiative and ITM . According to the report, men use the Internet, technological devices and mobile and computer apps more frequently and more intensely than women. Men are also more open to innovations of a technological nature and are more interested than women in expanding their knowledge in this area. Only in the case of people with higher education are women ahead of men in this regard (although only slightly). Women also use the Internet and electronic devices in notably different ways than men.
They want immediate benefits from technologies that can be easily integrated into their daily lives . And they generally show a greater interest in digitalization and enjoy its advantages in the work environment more Email Data often than women. When there are children at home, the differences between men and women become even more pronounced. In younger generations the differences are relatively small, but the gap tends to become much wider in taller generations. They get a bigger profit from teleworking than they do. At work, men and women benefit in radically different ways from the overlapping benefits of digitalization. 21% of men benefit from the "home office" , a proportion that drops to just 9% in the case of women. And if we look solely and exclusively at professionals who work in offices, the proportion is 39% in the case of men and 18% in the case of women. The differences spread their wings even more in households with children under 18 years of age , thus contributing (at least potentially) to the perpetuation of traditional gender roles .
In households with children under 18 years of age, 26% of men telework, but only 10% of women do the same. The report also infers that workers with part-time jobs (very often held by women with children) benefit less from the "home office" than those who work full-time. On the other hand, the time that men and women save traveling from home to work and vice versa is used in a radically different way in both genders . 29% of women with and without children take advantage of that time to improve the quality of their work. This proportion takes a leap to reach 37% in the case of men without children and 45% in the case of men with children at home. “Men take advantage of the time they save commuting to work more, while women more often use that time to devote themselves to domestic tasks and caring for their family ,” explains Hannes Schwaderer, president of the D21 Initiative.
They want immediate benefits from technologies that can be easily integrated into their daily lives . And they generally show a greater interest in digitalization and enjoy its advantages in the work environment more Email Data often than women. When there are children at home, the differences between men and women become even more pronounced. In younger generations the differences are relatively small, but the gap tends to become much wider in taller generations. They get a bigger profit from teleworking than they do. At work, men and women benefit in radically different ways from the overlapping benefits of digitalization. 21% of men benefit from the "home office" , a proportion that drops to just 9% in the case of women. And if we look solely and exclusively at professionals who work in offices, the proportion is 39% in the case of men and 18% in the case of women. The differences spread their wings even more in households with children under 18 years of age , thus contributing (at least potentially) to the perpetuation of traditional gender roles .
In households with children under 18 years of age, 26% of men telework, but only 10% of women do the same. The report also infers that workers with part-time jobs (very often held by women with children) benefit less from the "home office" than those who work full-time. On the other hand, the time that men and women save traveling from home to work and vice versa is used in a radically different way in both genders . 29% of women with and without children take advantage of that time to improve the quality of their work. This proportion takes a leap to reach 37% in the case of men without children and 45% in the case of men with children at home. “Men take advantage of the time they save commuting to work more, while women more often use that time to devote themselves to domestic tasks and caring for their family ,” explains Hannes Schwaderer, president of the D21 Initiative.