Both groups of women have relations with authorities. Silent women feel passive toward the authorities in their life. To a silent woman, the authorities have the ability to use words that provoke wrath. Received knowers feel that authorities are sources of truth. To a received knower, authorities have the capacity for constructing and retaining knowledge that has only one correct answer.
Silent women have a difficult time describing their individual selves.
Knowledge is received and retained in others, and not the self. They are discouraged in their home-life to interact, play and listen to others. Vygosky suggests interaction and play is necessary in developing social skills for one's own self. Received knowers have a difficult time growing and evolving the self. They believe knowledge is outside the self.