Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ511536
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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Gender Bias in Naval Fitness Reports? A Case Study on Gender and Rhetorical Credibility.
Shenk, Robert
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, v24 n4 p367-87 1994
Examines the controversy surrounding a 1983 government research report that found that male commanding officers in the United States Navy customarily wrote differently in fitness reports about women than in fitness reports about men. Critiques the writing of several groups, including male and female commanding officers, male newspaper editors, and female personnel researchers. (TB)
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Case Studies, Documentation, Editing, Higher Education, Sex Bias, Technical Writing, Writing Research
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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