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Author examines traditional roles
Women used mostly for support
Bn I im Set!
I morale! ( ontributni
Women spend must i>t then
time supporting the emotional
slates ut others partu ulai l\
when engaging in r.onversa
lions w ith men saiil I tale
Spendei an Australian autlu n
who let tured on i ainpus l ues
< 1.1N
Spemlei. doing researt h lor
an ii|ii (lining hook. Ii.is i mil
piled hundreds ot tape record
ed conversations between men
and women She has found that
men dominate conversations
limitmg the input ol women to
gestures ol approi al
' Men talk dramatii alls more
than women. Spender said I
don't have am tapes ot women
pursuing topu s ol their own
( lion e in ( miversations w ith
men
This her .iinr evident as
Spemlei began to rtw iew her
tapes ol i onversations
" IU the fourth ol fifth tape I
realized women do so little
talking w ith men she said 1
thought I (I ha\ e to do a I'll I)
on women saying Hminm
Spemlei said when women
attempt to assert themselves ill
conversations they an seen as
aggressiy e or I tide
I set iin sell to talk ing h n
three minutes.' Spemlei said
I total!) hilled. I lie\ |men)
run away saving She nevei
listens
It usually takes men JO to
ill sei mills tor then tils! Intel
ruption and then women talk
loildel Then to ot at) sei mills
later the set mid interruption
i mnes By the tune you get to
two minutes he runs away
N oti've broken every rule ol po
liteness and slid only talked tor
•III peri cut ol the time
Instead women spend most
ot their time in conversations
tilling a manager nil role lend
ing support to the vieyy s ot oth
els Spender said Spender re
lerred to this as talking com
fort
Women use language to
make others teel good, to pro
y ide support, she said
\\ iimi'i) jiv < onstaulk m
vohed in mamiging helping
assisting iiul supporting utli
ITS
talking r utntorl is .1 hnguis
t II --kill thill I III III’ f\triT!lll\
Usdul in (i. 1 \ In d.w relation
ships Spender said
\\ ll.il l.lsl III.ill’s nil- IS I III’
extent In whir li I,liking 1 orntort
is .1 strength Its magii I see
u 1 mien pulling 1 liililien .it
ease (aiming them down, gel
ling them In teel important Hut
I also wonder how mum h 11
opens women In being exploit
ed
Spender said men tail In see
the supporting role talking
i uinfort pla\ s in their relation
ships
'The null i\a\ to explain it
is 10 not do il Hul then thex
find von rude and obnoxious
she said.
The domi nal mg ol uim eisu
lions by men 1e.11 lies ,ii mss all
i tlItllfes and into all areas ol
life Spender said I let lese.in h
li mud the dominat ion is ox 1
dent in lire 1 lassroom setting
in the i lassroom the hois
talk Spender said 1 ear her s
negotiate with the bovs. What
gets talked about is what inter
esls boys
\\ hat s u on 11 is I lull I be
moie authoritarian 1 te.a hei -
the more the sexes are |n 1 ib.ii -; \
going 111 be treated the satlle II
\ oil s.|\ \o one t all talk
Vou'ie probabll treating lire
sexes more etjii.dli
Hul liiere nun be an upside
to the ret li nil e ol telltales in
Dali* S|M*nri<T
tin* < lassroom Women mav
learn to hrttri ( oopriatr s\ ith
rai h other in a suppressisr
< lassroom si'iiim> Spender
said
Spender *»fst» slli'ssnl til** im
portant »* of I.ilk mu » mnlni t in
ri'l.it innships
I .ilk mu t omtoi t is thr -mb
sl.mi r of human irl.ltKinships
Women do thr irl.itmu It uors
mi m rvrts relationship that
vs or ks
We look I* u it in our tamils
and it it isn't thro* it’*, not a
tamils context stir said I
don I think nmn\ ut us an- Irrr
from it rsprt t«iI!v it s\ r arr hr
mu polite
I n talk < < Illltof t V on must hr
srlf-sat r1111 mu It voii take time
to support others sou have lit
tie 11 me tor sour sett
Sprndri s In lute was spoil
soil'd bs thr Department ol
taiulish and thr ( entri tor thr
Muds ot \\ omen m So« lets
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