ith her concept of technology, which she seems to view as ôa fixö that she attempts to use to make up for the hollow feeling of an empty womb and an empty life.
Like many people today who become attracted to cyber surfing, Baty becomes increasingly gripped by the compulsion to e-mail but also increasingly frustrated by the emptiness of the experience. ôI wanted community,ö she said. ôI thought that maybe I could be @home.ö (Baty, 1999, p. 10). Baty essentially tries to engage with the technology, to find in it what she is lacking in her personal life. ôàI was looking for an echo in another animate being,ö (Baty, 1999, p. 19), she says. ôI was desperately seeking something or someone and I thought I
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