I do not believe that gender should play a role in technical communication. It is a matter of fact that some people are better at certain things than others. Gender is not a cause to hire someone who is less qualified to perform a task; jobs should be given out based purely on ability. In a field such as technical communication, gender is often unknown; the only way to differentiate between a manual written by a man or a woman is based on the name credited on the cover. A majority of technical communication undoubtedly involves collaboration of both genders. In a field as unbiased as communication, there is no reason to introduce an element of differentiation based on gender.