Examining the optimal option for gender equality education in the digital era

Abstract

According to the White Paper on the Development of China's Digital Economy 2021 published by the China Academy of Information and Communication Technology (CAICT), the size of China's digital economy will reach 39.2 trillion yuan in 2020, accounting for 38.6% of GDP and expanding by 9.7% annually. As the digital economy takes off at an accelerated pace, the social effects of the digital era and the transmission of core socialist values affect the lives of the general public, among which the promotion of gender parity in digital life through education and dissemination deserves specific focus.China's internet economy has grown amazingly during the past several years. However, the formation of gender identity in digital space and female subjectivity has flaws, such as women's lack of the right to speak, their vulnerability to marginalization and stigma, and their vulnerability to digital leakage and digital identity abuse. In addition, the emergence of algorithmic bias and implicit gender discrimination within the digital system has become a new problem for digital-era education for the equality of the sexes. Future gender-friendly digital equality spaces can be created by improving gender equality education, increasing the proportion of women developing digital technology, improving female digital literacy, raising publishers' awareness of gender equality, and strengthening regulators' understanding of the concept.