Currently there is a declining participation of women in Information Technology (IT) education and profession. In this article a critical interpretive analysis of the international discourse about women in IT is performed. The aim is to understand why women experience such a low level of career satisfaction in IT by taking their experiences and the context of the IT industry into consideration. The authors will critically analyse the results from the interpretive analysis and challenge the reasons identified as the cause for the under-representation of women in the IT industry. This study can be used to gain more insight into and understanding (reflection) of the current situation, but it can also contribute to communities such as feminists or governments in the creation of an emancipation theory or a series of interventions to improve the situation for women in IT.
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