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researched all-male and all-female groups and states that they
converse differently, although topics of conversation tend to be similar.
She also states that techniques used by women to maintain
conversation aren't signs of inferiority, but signs of intelligence.




Jane Pilkington Jennifer Coates




Judith Butler Ann Friedman




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Male as norm
- Mr and Mrs
- Mankind
- His story- male dominated history
- Call for gender neutral words e.g. headteacher




Dale Spender William Leap




Germaine Greer Judith Butler




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investigated non-fluency features such as fillers and pauses.
women speak without thinking and so use more non-fluency features
relies on evidence from literature and travellers. This means it is
speculative and often dismissed as folk linguistics

, Chomsky (1957) Generative Theory Saussure (1916) Structural Theory




Labov (1966) Variation Theory Jesperson (1922) Deficit Theory




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asked people in the streets how they would describe a woman who
had slept with 30 men and how they would describe a man who had
slept with 30 women.
Both men and women described the woman as a 'slag' and 'slut',
whereas the man was labelled as a 'lad'.




Tyger Drew-Honey (2015) David Cameron (2010)




Simon Pegg (2018) James Corden (2012)




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