Gender and Communication -ENGH 242

This course explores the relationship between gender and communication, including gendered communication behaviors in single and mixed gender groups in both familiar and professional relationships; the impact of cultural expectations and socialization in the development of gendered communication, and the role of language itself in this process; and the complicating impact of race, nationality, and class on expectations for gendered communication. Students will be introduced to theories of gender and communication and to feminist rhetorics. Equivalent: WGST 242