Gender differences in conversation topics, 1922–1990
dc.contributor.author | Bischoping, Katherine | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T16:14:59Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T16:14:59Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1993-01 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Bischoping, Katherine; (1993). "Gender differences in conversation topics, 1922–1990." Sex Roles 28 (1-2): 1-18. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/45599> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0360-0025 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1573-2762 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/45599 | |
dc.description.abstract | Gender differences in conversation topics were first systematically studied in 1922 by Henry Moore, who theorized that the gender differences in topic choice he observed in a field observation study would persist over time, as they were manifestations of men's and women's “original natures.” In this paper, I report a 1990 replication of Moore's study, in which similar but smaller gender differences in topic choice are found. In order to explore further the apparent trend toward smaller gender differences, reports of quantitative observation studies conducted between 1922 and 1990 are examined. Other explanations besides change over time—such as variations in conversation setting and audience, target populations, and researcher's intentions—may account for the decline in gender differences in topic choice. Social influences are seen more clearly in the discourse about gender differences in conversation than in gender differences in conversation topics themselves. | en_US |
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dc.format.extent | 3115 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Social Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Sociology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Interdisciplinary Studies | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Anthropology/Archaeometry | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Developmental Psychology | en_US |
dc.title | Gender differences in conversation topics, 1922–1990 | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Women's and Gender Studies | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Humanities | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, 48106-1248, Ann Arbor, MI | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/45599/1/11199_2004_Article_BF00289744.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00289744 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Sex Roles | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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