Women communicate with each other using media not accepted by the dominant male communicators. Women are less satisfied with communication than are men. Women are not likely to create new words, but sometimes do so to create meanings special and unique to women. Muted Group Theory does not claim that these differences are based in biology. Instead, the theory claims that men risk losing their dominant position if they listen to women, incorporate their experiences in the language, and allow women to be equal partners in language use and creation.
Language is about power, and men have it.
Belief and the problem of women and The 'problem' revisited . Frameworks for analysis, 1-63. Back to theory contexts page.