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Manterruption (n.): The unnecessary interruption of a woman by a man.
Studies show that women are 3x as likely to be interrupted when they speak.
Studies show that women are 3x as likely to be interrupted when they speak.
Men’s voices also tend to be lower, which does in fact allow them to carry better in a crowd — it’s why women politicians have, for decades, trained themselves to slow their pace, lower their tone, adjust their cadence (Margaret Thatcher for heats to make her voice deeper).
But there is also deeply ingrained bias: Dating back to the phonograph, engineers created a device that was designed for the male voice — newscasters, presidents, public figures — to the extent that if a woman spoke into it, her voice would sound distorted, thin or scrambled.
Years later, Americans still associate the male voice with authority.
Which is precisely why it’s so important to have a system to shut these interruptions down.
That did not happen tonight.
Which is precisely why it’s so important to have a system to shut these interruptions down.
That did not happen tonight.
More on women speaking, from back when we had multiple women in the running: http://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/us/politics/women-voices-authority.amp.html
** Thatcher famously trained to make her voice deeper and less “shrill” — to sound more authoritative
