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GENDER - Coggle Diagram
GENDER
KEY TERMINOLOGY
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Bitching
Exchange of emotions by women, expressing anger and complaints.
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Gender neutral terms
Words that avoid bias towards gender,
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Rapport talk
Attempting to build relationships through speech, usually females.
Tag question
Short question added at the end of a sentence, inviting agreement.
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THEORISTS
Robin Lakoff (1975)
Women are socialised into behaving like ladies and have a subordinate position which stops them from being powerful.
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Pamela Fishman (1983)
Women do more conversational work, due to inferior position.
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Deborah Jones (1990)
4 groups of women speech: house talk, scandal, bitching and chatting.
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Deborah Cameron (2009)
Just as many differences in communication between two men as there could be between a man and a women.
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O'Barr and Atkins (1980)
Studied courtrooms: found language varies based on the situation specific power or authority, rather than gender.
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