Technological Patriarchy in India

The rise of information technology has enabled high-tech industries to assist Indian women in joining the workforce, but it has not helped bridge the gender gaps in society. This chapter argues that the emergence of a new generation of technological innovations has not contributed to ending patriarchal gender roles within social, cultural, and economic structures and processes in India. The technological revolution has not revolted against patriarchy and gender-based discrimination; instead, it has embedded entrenched patriarchy into its systems and processes. Gender inequality and exploitation persist within the technological revolution and its workforce. The new generation of feminist theorists seeks to advance the conceptualisation of technological patriarchy and re-evaluate how to develop an egalitarian technological revolution beyond the confines of technological capitalism and its fraternal relationship with patriarchy in India.