According to Janet Holmes, the myth that ‘women talk more than men’ is not true
Read the article Women Talk Too Much following the link https://www.pbs.org/speak/speech/prejudice/women/
Read the article Gender and Cultural Studies(pdf attached)
All quoted must be presented like “ I want this” ( Smith 12)
MlA & work cited & 350 words
Write an intro (We don’t include a citation in the intro..What is the thesis? What do you intend to present in this paper?)
Write a body paragraph (must carry an open sentence , analysis, elaborate on each statement made, paragraph doesn’t end with a quote
write a conclusion ( re-present the thesis. Summary of the text)
Instructions (assignment)
According to Janet Holmes, the myth that ‘women talk more than men’ is not true. According to her, women “speak less than men do in situations where talk is most ‘valued’”.
What situations are more ‘valued’, culturally, according to Holmes?
What kind of cultural representation encourages the biased notion that women are talkative (“chatty’) and that men are quiet, strong?
How can you link this to the reading ‘Gender and Cultural Studies’?
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