Language and Gender articles

'Do Men and Women understand language in different ways?'

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/oct/02/gender.familyandrelationships

- Deborah Cameron says 'the idea is rubbish'
- 'The result is that men and women often do not understand one another.'

Study finds huge gender imbalance in children's literature

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/may/06/gender-imbalance-children-s-literature

- books dominated by male central characters

-  "women and girls occupy a less important role in society than men or boys".

- books written for boys fall into old stereotypes

Women told to speak their minds to get on in boardrooms

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jun/19/women-language-boardroom-study

- women cannot get into the high business levels as they do not have the right level of language to participate

- The claim is made by linguistics expert Dr Judith Baxter, who undertook an 18-month study into the speaking patterns of men and women at meetings in seven major well-known companies

- The research found that women were four times more likely than men to be self-deprecating, use humour and speak indirectly or apologetically when broaching difficult subjects with board members in order to avoid conflict. -  this links into Deborah Tannen