Chapter 8 Flashcards
When it comes to writing, what do women and men tend to do differently?
Men: tend to use words that quantify nouns such as “two, or more” and write in the present
Women: use communal prepositions such as “with”
What is the Whorfian hypothesis
The idea that those who speak one language and use specific words may see the world different from those who speak a different language or use a different set of words
What is the generic masculine of language?
The tradition of using masculine terms to refer to mixed or unspecific items
True or false: places/cultures that use gendered languages such as French or Portuguese have lower levels of gender equality
True
According to experimental research can gendered languages increase sexist beliefs?
YES
What is a diminutive?
A form of a word that is less “powerful” such a girl, mommy, daddy, etc.,
Do people use passive voices more frequently to describe instances of domestic violence to describe male or female perpetrators
Male perpetrators
What does the different cultures approach suggest?
It suggests that boys and girls are socialized within separate “cultures” and therefore develop very different communication styles leading to miscommunication
Western and Eastern cultures reflect what common stereotype?
That women are more talkative and that what they talk about is unimportamt
Interruptions occur more frequently in what kind of conversations with what gender initiating what percentage of the interruptions
Occur more frequently in mixed sex conversations with males initiating 96% of the interruptions
why do men and women interrupt
Women: to build rapport
Men: to dominate
Difference in social media between genders are?
Men: more likely to swear and use profanity. also more likely to use possessive words when describing their significant other.
Women: tend to talk more about family and friends and are often more compassionate and polite then men
Was there any difference in assertiveness found when studying men and women social media status?
Significantly no but did favour men a bit
True or false; There is a difference in politeness, argumentativeness and tentativeness within black women and men?
False, there is no difference
Are black or white women more likely to use assertive language?
Black women are
