Hi Caitlin, Ron Eglash has a great piece about "master" and "slave" terminology in computing. "The Broken Metaphor: The Master Slave Analogy in Technical Literature": http://www.academia.edu/8007566/Broken_Metaphor_The_Master-Slave_Analogy_in_... Cheers, Miriam Sweeney University of Alabama Sent from my iPhone On May 23, 2017, at 8:08 AM, Wylie, Caitlin Donahue (cdw9y) <cdw9y@eservices.virginia.edu<mailto:cdw9y@eservices.virginia.edu>> wrote: Dear all, Do you know of any studies of gendered language in computing? I'm intrigued by the way today's engineers throw around words like "motherboard" and "daughterboard", and also "master" and "slave", without being aware of how those words sound to non-engineers (like me). I'd be interested in learning about historical or sociological studies. Thank you! All the best, Caitlin Wylie _______________________ Caitlin D. Wylie, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Program in Science, Technology and Society University of Virginia wylie@virginia.edu<mailto:wylie@virginia.edu> http://www.eands.virginia.edu/faculty-staff/wylie/ _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org<http://sigcis.org>, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org