6 Automation’s Gendered Inequality

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. INTRODUCTION Automation Is a Myth 1
4. PART 1 The Myth of Automated Autonomy
5. 1 The Fantasy of Full Automation 9
6. 2 Spotty Automation and Less-Than- Human Workers 29
7. PART 2 The Myth of Automation Everywhere
8. 3 Technology in Context, Technology as Culture 47
9. 4 Automation on the Ground 65
10. PART 3 The Myth of Automating Everyone
11. 5 Automation’s Racialized Fallout 81
12. 6 Automation’s Gendered Inequality 101
13. CONCLUSION Automation Is Not Our Future 123
14. Acknowledgments 133
15. Notes 135
16. References 149
17. Index 171