What kind of things add to negative attitudes towards women in the workplace?

Power based leadership seems to be the most effective way for women to break down the gender discrimination that might be found in groups. Even though women may have advanced knowledge in the area, the way women to share the information to the group dramatically affects the way the individuals will react to the information. Two contradicting methods of speech patterns that would affect the interpretation of the information she was adding to the discussion. First, the use of tag questions, which are associated with low status and secondly, interrupting group members, interpreted as talking down and being of higher status. Both of these types of speech patterns would confuse the discussion and the credibility, of the information that was being shared, and was discounted by the way it was presented to the group. This would also lead to frustrated and powerless leader, adding to the negative attitude directed toward her. Women who are suppose to be leaders of the group also usually become the secretary and consider herself as an equal in the group, often taking the back seat to other members of the group.