Power to Communicate: Gender Differences as Barriers

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Introduces readers to the connection between gender stereotypes and power inequities. Examines how the construction of gender surfaces in men's and women's communicative behaviors and explores its impact in personal and professional settings, drawing on a wide body of research to show how socialization in the home and school reinforces attitudes about expected behaviors, traits, and roles and the values attached to them. The authors are professors of speech communications at New York University and Hofstra University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)