However, when men and women talk with one another, almost all interruptions are by male speakers. Sociologists Candace West and Donald Zimmerman analyzed conversations in university settings both on and off campus. They found that males interrupt females much more often than they interrupt other males and more often than females interrupt either males and females. These sociologists think that interrupting is a way of exercising power. Research shows that this isn t really the case.
People are more literal in their thinking.
Other researchers found that when male generic nouns and pronouns were used to describe the job of psychologist, female students described the job as less attractive to them than when sex neutral terms were used. TRUE Both female and male members of audiences pay more attention to male speakers than female speakers. Audience members recall more information from presentations given by males. This appears to occur whether this information is stereotyped as appropriate for males or stereotyped associated with females. And it occurs even when male and female speakers make identical presentations.