Women's talk in the ivory tower

Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? Internet Communication, Geographic Community, and Social Capital in Crisis

“…Research in interpersonal communication has consistently revealed that, in general, women communicate more expressively and share feelings and personal issues to a greater degree than men. Conversely, men's communication prioritizes instrumental goals (Aries, 1987;Beck, 1988;Coates & Cameron, 1989;Johnson, 1989;Martin, Fabes, Evans, & Wyman, 2000;Treichler & Kramarae, 1983;Wood, 1994a, 1994b, Wood, 1998. Instrumental action is undertaken to reach a specific goal, whereas expressive action is undertaken for the sake of the interaction itself.…”

Forewarning and Forearming Stereotype-Threatened Students

“…Instructional communication researchers have identified a myriad of environmental factors that can render academic settings inhospitable to women, from overt sexist language to more subtle cues that trivialize and devalue women's intellectual performance (Gabriel & Smithson, 1990;Glascock & Ruggiero, 2006;Lannutti & Laliker, 2001;Treichler & Kramarae, 1983). Consideration of these factors has informed the development of communicative strategies for raising educators' awareness of and commitment to gender sensitivity in the classroom (Karre, 1976;Wood & Lenze, 1991).…”

“Feminine style” and political judgment in the rhetoric of Ann Richards

“…As a result, women are encouraged to exhibit communicative patterns that correspond to the tasks that women are expected to perform in the private sphere, just as men's communication reflects their primary roles in public life. While private, female communication is characterized as concrete, participatory, cooperative, and oriented toward relationship maintenance, public, male communication is characterized as abstract, hierarchical, dominating, and oriented toward problem-solving (Maltz and Borker, 1982;Treichler and Kramarae, 1983).…”

“…We conclude that, in this context, the characteristics of feminine style are part of a synthesis of form and substance that works to promote an alternative political philosophy reflecting traditionally feminine values. 1 While grounded in Campbell's perspective on feminine style, our interpretation also draws upon studies of women's talk in various contexts (Kramarae, 1981;Hall and Langellier, 1988;Maltz and Borker, 1982;Treichler and Kramarae, 1983) as well as on psychological and psychoanalytic perspectives that examine connections between women's experiences and their modes of reasoning (Chodorow, 1978;Gilligan, 1982;Wilson Schaef, 1981). Exploration of this process furthers the feminist agenda in rhetorical criticism by expanding awareness of the philosophical, as well as tactical, implications of feminine style.…”