{"id":622,"date":"2012-12-07T20:47:30","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T20:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/katherine-stephenson\/?page_id=622"},"modified":"2014-08-27T03:04:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T03:04:03","slug":"week-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/katherine-stephenson-mals\/week-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interest in the way women and men talk has grown astronomically since the mid-1970’s, and sociolinguistic research carried out in many different cultures means that we now know far more than we did about the ways in which women and men interact and about the ways in which their patterns of talk differ.\u00a0 We also know that in all known societies it is the way men speak that is held in high esteem, while women’s ways of talking are compared unfavourably with men’s.\u00a0 These cultural beliefs are collectively known as ‘folklinguistics.’ There is now convincing evidence that many of our folklinguistic beliefs are false.\u00a0 For example, the notion that women are chatterboxes has not survived scrutiny: research in a range of programmes, in electronic discussion via computer, for example – has revealed that in mixed groups male speakers talk more than female speakers.
\n—Jennifer Coates,\u00a0Language and Gender: A Reader<\/em>\u00a0(2)<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Does This Sound Familiar?<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Female:<\/td>\n“Please<\/span>…talk<\/span>\u00a0to me.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Male:<\/td>\n“All right. What do you want to talk about?”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Female:<\/td>\n“Anything! You\u00a0never<\/span>\u00a0talk<\/span>\u00a0to me!”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Male:<\/td>\n“My mind’s a blank.\u00a0 I’m sorry.\u00a0 Tell me what you want to talk about and I’ll be happy to oblige.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Female:<\/td>\n“Oh, never mind! Just\u00a0never<\/span>\u00a0mind!”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Male:<\/td>\n“Whatever you say.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Male:<\/td>\n“Did you do the laundry?”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Female:<\/td>\n“YOU KNOW I had to take the kids to the dentist!!”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Male:<\/td>\n“What did I say to deserve\u00a0that<\/span>?”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

—Suzette Haden Elgin, Ph.D,\u00a0Genderspeak<\/em>\u00a0 (Preface xiii-xiv)<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Required Readings<\/h3>\n