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The aim here is for participants to interrogate the stereotypical gendered ideology that underpins emerging home technologies that we might otherwise call advanced. The aim here is for participants to interrogate the stereotypical gendered ideology that underpins emerging home technologies that we might otherwise call advanced.
Excerpt from [The Smart Wife[(https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/smart-wife)
Excerpt from [The Smart Wife](https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/smart-wife)
“There are a range of artificial wife- inspired creations moving into our homes. These include robovacs, smart fridges and laundry- folding machines, digital home voice assistants, social robots, sexbots, and other feminized (and even supposedly gender- neutral) AI devices intended to help around the home. Many of these technologies resemble an idealized 1950s’ housewife, subservient to the needs of her family. These smart wives are already performing a range of wifework, including housekeeping, homemaking, caring, and sex. “There are a range of artificial wife- inspired creations moving into our homes. These include robovacs, smart fridges and laundry- folding machines, digital home voice assistants, social robots, sexbots, and other feminized (and even supposedly gender- neutral) AI devices intended to help around the home. Many of these technologies resemble an idealized 1950s’ housewife, subservient to the needs of her family. These smart wives are already performing a range of wifework, including housekeeping, homemaking, caring, and sex.
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Submissions received will be collated and shared here at a later stage. Submissions received will be collated and shared here at a later stage.
## Resources ## Resources
Yolande Strengers and Jenny Kennedy , The Smart Wife: Why Siri, Alexa, and Other Smart Home Devices Need a Feminist Reboot (2020) https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/smart-wife
Thao Phan, “Amazon Echo and the Aesthetics of Whiteness”, Catalyst. (2019) https://catalystjournal.org/index.php/catalyst/article/view/29586
UNESCO and EQUALS Skills Coalition, “I’d blush if I could” (2019) https://en.unesco.org/Id-blush-if-I-could
Yolande Strengers and Jenny Kennedy , [The Smart Wife: Why Siri, Alexa, and Other Smart Home Devices Need a Feminist Reboot](https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/smart-wife ) (2020)
Thao Phan, ]“Amazon Echo and the Aesthetics of Whiteness”](https://catalystjournal.org/index.php/catalyst/article/view/29586 ), *Catalyst* (2019)
UNESCO and EQUALS Skills Coalition, [I’d blush if I could](https://en.unesco.org/Id-blush-if-I-could
) (2019)

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