How damaging stereotypes about gender and respect continue to disempower women today
. Just consider the vast number of proverbs about women’s tongues . Or the fact that we seem to need a doll called Chatty Cathy, but lack a doll like Conversant Ken. Perhaps Barbie would have found him much less attractive if he tried to be more than just a macho sidekick.
The temptation here to draw a comparison to the modern ways of women may be hard to resist, but, please do. This impulse is just an example of how deeply entrenched the myths surrounding women’s talk are. Those who disrupt the social order were viewed with contempt and defined as acting outside the confines of femininity. For example, Roman Consul Cato the Elder chastised matrons who had the gall to address other women’s husbands with their concerns. In other words, bother your own husbands, but please don’t bother anybody else’s.
As well, the type of talk most often viewed contemptuously is precisely what we call"gossip," and has overwhelmingly remained associated with the talk of women, a legacy of the characterization of the trivial and disparaging nature of women’s talk throughout history. Adopting what has been referred to as a male style of speech, on the other hand, is also often subject to censure, as discussed in research on unfavorable reactions to Hilary Clinton’s speech style by communication studies professor Karlyn Campbell.
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