Classroom climate: Chilly for NIC women? b) Rita Holllap•Ol'th Women seem to command less 3ttenuon and respect tban men na1ion• ally in college clas~rooms ~ of differences in their speech patterns, and 1he ume may be 1rue It :-TIC. According 10 li rcpon called "The Classroom Clima1e: A Chilly One for Women?," faculty member~ may per· ceh e male \peech panems u inteJJi. gent and au1bori1111e , v.hile both fac ull y and s1udcnt, may regard female speech partern.s aJ> "unfocu.sed and unsure .. Spu li laa pallern• tbal occur 1n formal groups made up of both males and females outside the classroom can rcsuh In a "chilly ch mal e for women· ·
in the college d:lllroom. the repon said Se,eral studies 1nd1catc that 10 formal groups the follov.mg speaking
pancms occur: - Men 1'11: more 1han v.omcn. - Men wk for longer periods than wome11. -Me11 ale more mrns at sputing than "'omen. - Men interrupt v.omen much more frequenUy than v.·omen interrupt men. - Men's interruptions of women often introduce trivial or imppropriate personal commen ts that b ring 1he di.scuuion 10 an end or change its focus.
Inside tbe cla.ssroom, instructors may feel that an asscnl\c impersonal and competitive spea.king st) le com· monh used b,· men indicates 1n1elh· and autbont}. the report ).tJd When v.omcn spe:u. i.:1 class the~ .ue likeI> 10 hesirate. qualify. que5tion and apolog11e. The report said that ..-omen' •peecb h.ibits include 1he foUov.1ng: -Hcsnauon and false runs, l"I think... ! v.as v.ondenng ... ").
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-Tag questions. ("This is reall) unponant. don't )'OU 1hink!").
-Using qu:ihficrs. ("Don't you thm~ thJt maybe someumcs... "). - \pologmng. ("This ,s probably no1 1mP"1n;in1. but .. "). According to ihe report. v.omcn may
be dtSCOuraged b} faculty who mnd, mently use tea~hmg mclhods that C'&U$e fem:tle ~tudent~ 10 belic-;e their comments in da.ss are not cxpttted. encounigcd or appreciated. W11hou1 encouragement from instructors 10 panicip:ue, "omen may doubt their abilil) 10 develop m1ellcctulll}. and the) may also doubt the
-Use of ,oice intonation 1ha1 males a statement sound lite a ques11on.
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Volume 38, Number 5
T his blood·s fo r
No,. 11. 1983
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Ftubman Uaa Kemple doaaln of bu blood durta1 1 blood drhc eoodu<Ud b) the Spobne Blood Ram In the Kootena.1 Room of the SUB Nov. 8.
Sex, attitudes forum topic Varying )csual 111ilude) and bcha, illr) v.111 be disc=cd dunng Popcorn Forum #178 10 be held at 10 a. m todll) in the Bonncr Room of the SUB Mary ~c Neil Tatum. an edun1or, lecturer. autho r a.nd consultant on hom.:UJ scsua.hty and family hfo, 1s scheduled ro addrcs~ the topic "Sex m Society: Comruts ln Human Bclu111or." Her presentation. free and open 10 the public. ,.;.u focus on the place of se1u:llity in hfe and Jo,eing. A woruhop, cnt1tled "Sexual Leaming In Adolescence: Stills for Undersu.nd1Bonnng and IRntcn·cnt10n," -.ill be held from 9 a.m. to J p. m. , 53.mrda\ No, . t 2 in the « oom. •
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