The myth of Mars and Venus

Widely held ideas about gender and communication, as captured in the title of John Gray's bestseller Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, can have some unexpected and far-reaching consequences. They influence our attitudes towards the phenomenon of date rape and our expectations regarding academic performance, and can lead to discrimination in the job market and in the workplace. Deborah Cameron's book presents a wide range of research findings on this topic and shows how far removed they often are from what we are used to reading in popular literature.