Gender Issues in Technical Communication Studies
- 1 October 1991
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Business and Technical Communication
- Vol. 5 (4) , 371-392
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1050651991005004003
Abstract
This article presents an overview of research and unanswered questions related to gender issues in technical communication. Specific issues affecting our profession, our research, and our pedagogical philosophies and assignments are presented. The article addresses the consequences of the feminization of technical communication, the avenues for research on gender differences in communication—specifically those differences that affect technical communicators—and the means for encouraging a more gender-balanced view of business and industry within our technical communication classrooms by giving students a chance to practice writing about gender-related issues.Keywords
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