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Found that in all-male talk amongst members of a rugby team, insults
were used as a way of expressing solidarity.



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Jennifer Coates (1989) Jane Pilkington (1992)




Koenraad Kuiper (1991) Issues and Complexities


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,Geoffrey Beattie




He argues against Dominance Theory, and said "The problem with this is that
you might simply have one very voluble man in the study... Why do
interruptions reflect dominance... It might just be their personality"
Men interrupt more, but so slightly it's not statistically significant.




-She attempts to explain 'male - female miscommunitcation' by claiming that Male-
female speech is 'cross-cultured' communication
-Men and women belong to different subcultures and preferences
- This approach avoids 'blaming' men for being dominant, and avoids suggesting
women speech is inferior.




"I came across bewail the tendency of female comics to work around the themes of
bras, periods, chocolate and Weight Watchers"
This suggests that all of womens concerns are around those things, and frequently
complain




This is the theory that in mixed sex conversations men are more likely to interrupt
than women during to being the more powerful participants.

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Dominance Theory




This is the theory that in mixed sex conversations men are more likely to
interrupt than women during to being the more powerful participants.




It stereotypes their response towards conversation.
it's not research just generalisations
Individual Differences
Heterogeneity- the quality or state of being diverse in character or context.




-She attempts to explain 'male - female miscommunitcation' by claiming that Male-
female speech is 'cross-cultured' communication
-Men and women belong to different subcultures and preferences
- This approach avoids 'blaming' men for being dominant, and avoids suggesting
women speech is inferior.




He argues against Dominance Theory, and said "The problem with this is that you
might simply have one very voluble man in the study... Why do interruptions reflect
dominance... It might just be their personality"
Men interrupt more, but so slightly it's not statistically significant.




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