Cynthia Selfe, in her article "Lest We Think the Revolution is a Revolution", comments on how the Internet is not a tool that will dramatically change the way we see ourselves and the world, but is instead a facet of former communications taken to a new level. The essay deals with the "Ungendered Society" that the Internet supposedly creates, but actually is a facade.
The Ungendered Society that is apparently portrayed by proponents of the Internet only reinforces some traditional elements, as Cynthia preaches:
"But the roles of parent, housewife, and secretary/boss are not the only ones open to women in the new cyberlandscape represented by the Same Old Gendered Stuff narrative." (Selfe. 309)
As it stands by itself, all the altruism that the optimistic people who attempt to further the idea of an Ungendered Society on the Internet, only furthers the traditional stereotypes that dominate the area.
Works Cited
Selfe, Cynthia "Lest We Think the Revolution is a Revolution". Class Handout. English 100. Whatcom Community College. Winter 2010. 309
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