http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/07/05/speaking-the-truth-evening-the-score/ Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:59:08 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/07/05/speaking-the-truth-evening-the-score/comment-page-1/#comment-17504 Deanna Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:57:04 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/07/05/speaking-the-truth-evening-the-score/#comment-17504 In feminist linguistics, there's a theory called the 30%-rule. If women start to take up more than 30% of the conversational space, they start to get considered to be dominating the conversation. (See <a href="http://dalespender.com.au/?publications" rel="nofollow">Dale Spender's</a> work...) As a side note, <a href="http://www.slis.indiana.edu/faculty/herring/" rel="nofollow">Susan Herring</a> has done a lot of fascinating work with women, linguistics and the online sphere, and noted at one point that the 30%-rule is sometimes more strictly applied (if I remember correctly) in online conversations. In feminist linguistics, there’s a theory called the 30%-rule. If women start to take up more than 30% of the conversational space, they start to get considered to be dominating the conversation. (See Dale Spender’s work…) As a side note, Susan Herring has done a lot of fascinating work with women, linguistics and the online sphere, and noted at one point that the 30%-rule is sometimes more strictly applied (if I remember correctly) in online conversations.

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