Women, on the other hand, are left out of this meaning creation and left without a means to express that which is unique to them. That leaves women as a muted group. Those different experiences are a result of men and women performing different tasks in society. Men enact their power politically, perpetuating their power and suppressing women's ideas and meanings from gaining public acceptance. Women must convert their unique ideas, experiences, and meanings into male language in order to be heard.
Women understand what men mean more easily than men understand what women mean.
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.