"Stop interrupting me."
"I just said that."
"No explanation needed."
In fifth grade, I won the school courtesy prize. In other words, I won an award for being polite. My brother, on the other hand, was considered the class comedian. We were very typically socialized as a "young lady" and a "boy being a boy." Globally, childhood politeness lessons are gender asymmetrical. We socialize girls to take turns, listen more carefully, not curse and resist interrupting in ways we do not expect boys to. Put another way, we generally teach girls subservient habits and boys to exercise dominance...
...That's why, as researchers summed up, "Having a seat at the table is not the same as having a voice."
...The best part though is that we are socialized to think women talk more.Read more in Films for Action.
Thanks, +Anu Parvatiyar
