Imagine if there were a commonly held belief that women have superior communication skills? Aren't we past this? Oh hang on a minute, that belief is absolutely

Imagine if there were a commonly held belief that women have superior communication skills? Aren't we past this? Oh hang on a minute, that belief is absolutely rife and in fact often touted by women as evidence of their superiority for certain roles. If men and women are interchangeable in potential, how is so negative a stereotype not unspeakable?