Davidson is passionate about this speech. So, why is it so ineffective?
Speaking of the power of paralanguage, what is going on with "sexy baby voice"?
- What are the ways we present gender with our voices? What about our culture would need to change so that women’s voices are seen as equally powerful and authoritative-sounding as men's voices?
Has someone asked you to smile?
"A new survey found that 98% of women reported being told to smile at work at some point in their lives, with 15% noting the occurrence happens weekly, if not more frequently. The study, conducted by direct-to-consumer dental alignment company Byte Me, polled over 500 women and discovered inequalities in how women are treated in the workplace, even by other women.
Responses to being told to smile are a range of negative emotions, from anger to annoyance, but the most common occurrence was feeling demeaned and underappreciated. Feeling unwelcome in the workplace can bring about feelings of negativity, which could result in poor performance and even put someone's professional life in jeopardy."
Schwantes, Marcel. “Telling Women to Smile at Work Isn't Just Sexist - It's Bad for Business, a New Study Says.” Business Insider, Business Insider, 23 Sept. 2019, www.businessinsider.com/telling-women-smile-at-work-sexist-and-bad-for-business-2019-9#how-telling-a-woman-to-smile-can-affect-her-work-performance-1.
"The Insidious Sexism of 'Resting Bitch Face'"-
"Women are constantly critiqued for how we look and act and speak. Our skirts are too short. We say "sorry" too much. We have "vocal fry" (which, incidentally, is also why we're not getting jobs). And, of course, we're not smiling enough. There's always something to fix. There's always a way we could be prettier or more pleasant or less annoying or more available."
What is your experience? Have you been critiqued or critiqued someone else for not conforming to society's idea about gender roles in communication?
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