The good is their power. If you throw away the old bed for the new bed, you can t get it back. They are not going to give up their power without a battle. Women understand what men mean more easily than men understand what women mean. Women communicate with each other using media not accepted by the dominant male communicators.
Women are less satisfied with communication than are men.
Reviewing these five hypotheses makes one think about the studies that can be and need to be done in order to come up with ways that will enable women to take their rightful place in the workplace and in our society. A power shift leading to a more equal power position for men and women will not happen if men feel they are taking a chance on losing their power. Once language has shifted and become more equal, the power shift will eventually happen. At any rate, we are at the beginning of a new way to understand how to approach this change. But change without a total disruption of a system in place takes time.