Women being marginalized (ch. 34)

Standpoint theorists see the differences in communication between both men and women. They notice how men's communication is mainly used for accomplishing tasks, being assertive, and gaining power, while women's communication is used to build relationships, include others and show responsiveness. I started to wonder if these communication differences blend a littlle bit. I know that in the business world, both men and women use communication as a way to build relationships between other people and their companies. A connection is still made regardless of the sex. I know for mothers use more assertive forms of communication when deal with misbehaving children. It kind of makes me think that the idea of there being differences between communicative styles of the different genders is not entirely black and white. There are many times when they blend together. Even whhen the text talked about how these differences were seen not from a biology standpoint, but from a cultural one, it still has changed because women aren't seen as the ones staying home with the children and looking out for the house (as much), and men aren't always seen as the ones working and "bringing home the bacon." A lot of things have changed, and I think the point I'm trying to make is that this theory might be a tad outdated.