Computers: Hands On, Hands Off

While some young women are beginning to push their way into the acquisition of male craft-skills like wood- and metal-working, we are being warned that these forms of technology are quickly losing their earning power. Though skills like this are still vital to all women, to give them a grip on their world and open up more choice of work, in career terms they are today offering less than the skills associated with the new technology: electronics.