Journal of Business and Technical Communication Jul 1993

Women and the Profession of Technical Writing

SAM DRAGGA

Abstract

In the United States, the majority of technical writers and technical writing teachers are women. Their dominance of the profession has several causes, including the attractiveness of writing jobs for women, widespread associations of women and superior writing ability, the social acceptability of women in writing jobs, and occupational segregation. Women's dominance of the profession brings with it the risk of diminishing wages and prestige. To avoid this depreciation of the field, professional associations ought to equip technical writers and technical writing teachers with information regarding satisfactory salaries and working conditions, and teachers ought to communicate this information to their students.

Journal
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published
1993-07-01
DOI
10.1177/1050651993007003002
Open Access
Closed
Topics
writing across the curriculum technical communication

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