This essay mainly attempts to analyze the gender difference in language communication and its cultural and social ori?gins by reviewing and critiquing a published essay Sex Stereotype and Its Representations in Linguistic Communicative Competence. Firstly, a brief introduction is made to overview the present studies on gender difference in language. Then the body respectively an?alyzes the cultural and social origins of gender difference in language and their concrete manifestations in language communication with an empirical review and critique of Sex Stereotype and Its Representations in Linguistic Communicative Competence. Finally, the conclusion part renders the reflection on gender difference in language communication.