< Vol.13 >
Getting along with electric network.
Reassuring support tools
There are many information oriented event in Autumn. This November
I attended "Mellow Forum" and " Networking fair for women" as a panelist.
"Mellow Forum", in Tokyo, was for advanced age, and "Networking-" was held
in Yokohama.
Both of them are, so to speak, the group which was regarded as the weak
of society. But I supposed that the Internet and the personal computer
communication are very for them at these event.
By the way, at the "Networking-" , naturally there were only women in the
hall. Besides most of them, young women, try to manage the Internet by
themselves. I realized that the Internet was spreading rapidly and widely.
90% of resigned people
Of course, most of the panelists except me were women. The panelist were
Mrs. Machi Tawara who is a poetess and presides the electric meeting of the
Tanka on the personal computer communication, Mrs. Kaori Sasaki who is a
president of the company of translation and is a T.V anchor, Mrs.Yayoi
Yamaguchi who is an ex-director of Yokohama Junior Chamber inc. and Mrs.
Kazuko Yamaguchi who is the chief of the room which pushes on with the woman
plan. All of them are active like blazes.
By the way, Mrs.Sakae Hattori, who made connect with me before the event,
said " Mr.Ono, 90% of resigned people on account of taking care of their aged
family are women. Did you know that? I suppose that computer network helps
these women.", with smile. Well, not only person of advanced age but also the
person who takes care of one's aged family needs the network as a social weak
position.
Naturally, you want to ask me " Why you, man, attend there?". I think that
there are many lively women in the COARA, so they would like me to show those
women.
Computer networking marriage
In the COARA, woman use the computer network properly according to her
situation, as the unmarried period, until first childbirth, the first period
of child's care, the middle period of child's care, the end period of child's
care. At the unmarried period, of course they sometimes got married to a man
who she got to know in the network.
Mrs. Tawara also said " At first, I wondered they got acquainted with
partner only by the letters, and got married. But it seemed that the letters
clearly brought out the truth like character and personality." That's right.
When you really meet or telephone, there is some sense in nodding without
saying or in saying " er-" or "uh-".But when you use the letter, there is
very little sense in not using the subject,the predicate, and the object
clearly.
So though you don't use many words, there is rather sense in talking with
company. And you continue conversation once a day in this way, after one year,
you will know each other well.
In the COARA, one couple got married long time ago in this way. I remember
that mass media often said " This is the first computer networking marriage!"
loudly.
SOHO
This time, I think women who got not only the personal computer communication
but also the Internet became much robust. They try to use these tools in their
businesses, too. By the Internet, they can get the ability for the job which
is not inferior to man in their place of work. In fact, Mrs. Hattori made most
of the contact of business with me by E-mail. But they can get not only the
bility but also the chance to start an enterprise by themselves.
They have all of the world server as a database at their command, and actually
make contact of business with many person by E-mail. Though there are "drags"
like childbirth and child's care, Mrs.Sasaki manages the company on her own,
in this way.Her case is good example.
In the COARA, there are some women like her, some of them preside mailing list
in which they sent E-mail each other by specific topic related to work of them,
and other young women realize the SOHO(small office home office), which is the
least fashion.
This is just going to be the period when we feel that woman get along with
electric network still more.
written by Tooru Ono, the chief of the NEW COARA secretariat
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