I Uphold the Patriarchy in My Business Communication Classes--Why Can't I Stop?.

Dukes, Thomas

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Publication Date: 1989

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I Uphold the Patriarchy in My Business Communication Classes--Why Can't I Stop?

Dukes, Thomas

Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, v52 n1 p38-41 Mar 1989

Considers several areas in which business communication instructors uphold the institutional norms of male power and why they should question doing so. Analyzes how people (including women) may be unconsciously sexist despite good intentions. Advocates prodding students to think about the relationships between business communication and power. (SR)

Descriptors: Business Communication, Education Work Relationship, Higher Education, Power Structure, Sex Bias, Sex Discrimination, Technical Writing, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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