Too polite to fight? What happens when women enter the House?

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Shaw, S. 2008. Too polite to fight? What happens when women enter the House? emagazine.
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TitleToo polite to fight? What happens when women enter the House?
AuthorsShaw, S.
Abstract

'Men are combative, women are co-operative', Sylvia Shaw questions the longstanding assumption that when women enter a profession they bring with them a new way of working and a new language.

Research GroupEnglish Language and Literature
PublisherEnglish and Media Centre
Journalemagazine
ISSN1464-3324
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Print01 Dec 2008
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Deposited01 Mar 2013
Output statusPublished
Web address (URL)http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/emag/index.html
LanguageEnglish
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