Meet the “smart wife”
Alexa is in her element. With more of us working or staying at home, we’ve never been more in need of her wifely services. Alexa, Siri, Google Home, and other “smart wives” — feminised technologies that take on the duties and traits of stereotypical housewives reminiscent of the 1950s — are on hand to help in this emerging crisis. But “helping” might not be all they are doing.
27 Oct 2020 ... Yolande Strengers and Jenny Kennedy ... Microsoft, Apple, and Facebook — Alexa and her entourage present opportunities to sell us advice, ...