[LMB] OT: Male/female talking rates, was Slashers, fanfic andreactions to them

[Tzivia Adler]

>> "When we showed teachers and administrators a film of a classroom
>> discussion and asked who was talking more, the teachers overwhelmingly
>> said the girls were. But in reality, the boys in the film were
>> out-talking the girls at a ratio of three to one. Even educators who
>> are active in feminist issues were unable to spot the sex bias until
>> they counted and coded who was talking and who was just watching "
>>
>> Laura Gallagher
>
>  but Languagelog has been tracking the spread of this meme
> (because, in one article, both the author and book were referenced
> slightly incorrectly, which allowed any subsequent reference with the
> same two errors to be sourced---and something like 60 papers picked up
> this drivel!)
>
> The study you cite above has also been referenced in LL.  This is the
> sort of reason why it's the first thing I check, after mail.
>
> sylvus tarn
>
so Languagelog has refuted this?  i heard of this study in another context, 
and it seemed really believable.  i've noticed htat in mixed groups, men 
talk more than women, but that's not exactly grounds for wide spread 
assumption.  does Languagelog come to a conclusion?  i have no time to look 
it up

ziviya 



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