In the Context of Constructing Gender in Interaction, Identify a True

question 71

Multiple Choice

In the context of constructing gender in interaction, identify a true statement about conversational interruption.

• A) A great deal of research shows that men use tactics such as interrupting and controlling the topic in conversation with other men more than they do with women.
• B) If a woman does interrupt another speaker, she risks social disapproval-especially if she interrupts a man.
• C) Studies show that women tend to take more than a fair share of talk time in task-oriented situations, such as committee meetings, classrooms, and problem-solving groups.
• D) Women make a larger proportion of intrusive interruptions in unstructured and naturalistic settings than in the lab-settings that more closely resemble everyday interaction.

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