The Power to Communicate: Gender Differences

Third Edition textbook. Covers gender stereotypes and power inequities, communication, and the connection between the construction of gender surfaces in men's and women's communication behaviors and experiences as apparent in interactions, professional settings. Based on social behaviors from a wide body of research to show how expectations in the home and school reinforce attitudes about socialized behaviors, traits, and roles and the values attached to them. Learned attitudes sustain gender stereotypes in the workplace, as evidenced by numerous practices including those related to hiring and salary. The authors carefully demonstrate that gender differences are influenced by all men and all women in the same way and are not experienced by factors such as race, ethnicity, class, and age. Purchased: $27 Selling: $18