The Myth of Mars and Venus: Do Men and Women Really Speak Different Languages?

by Deborah Cameron

Book Overview

Popular assumptions about gender and communication--famously summed up in the title of the massively influential 1992 bestseller Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus--can have unforeseen but far-reaching consequences in many spheres of life, from attitudes to the phenomenon of "date-rape" to expectations of achievement at school, and potential discrimination in the work-place.
In this wide-ranging and thoroughly readable book, Deborah Cameron,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199214476
• ISBN13: 9780199214471
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.1"