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The Weird Way Women Downplay Their Success
- Published_at:2014-01-06
- Category:Science & Technology
- Channel:DNews
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- description: Uptalk is defined as finishing sentences with a rising intonation, often indicating a question or uncertainty. Research shows that though both men and women do it, women are more guilty of it even when they're correct or asserting themselves! Anthony and Laci 'uptalk' about the gender divide in the way we speak and it's implications. Read More: Gender in Jeopardy! Intonation Variation on a Television Game Show http://gas.sagepub.com/content/27/1/82 "Uptalk is the use of a rising, questioning intonation when making a statement, which has become quite prevalent in contemporary American speech. Women tend to use uptalk more frequently than men do, though the reasons behind this difference are contested. I use the popular game show Jeopardy! to study variation in the use of uptalk among the contestants' responses, and argue that uptalk is a key way in which gender is constructed through interaction." Men Feel Threatened By Successful Girlfriends, Confirming What We Hoped Wasn't True http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/29/successful-girlfriend-men-threatened_n_3838295.html "A scientific study has confirmed something many of us hoped wasn't true -- that men feel threatened by their female partners' success." "Uptalk": How men and women use it differently http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/2013/02/uptalk_how_men.html "You may have noticed this linguistic trend in America: People, and especially women, often use a rising intonation at the end of their sentences, even when they're not asking a question." Watch More: The Universal Word https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhXGa83FgZg TestTube Wild Card http://testtube.com/dnews/dnews-263-can-you-sneeze-without-closing-your-eyes?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=DNews&utm_campaign=DNWC Do You Sound Tall? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTqFiChuWLE ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel DNews on Twitter http://twitter.com/dnews Anthony Carboni on Twitter http://twitter.com/acarboni Laci Green on Twitter http://twitter.com/gogreen18 Trace Dominguez on Twitter http://twitter.com/trace501 DNews on Facebook http://facebook.com/dnews DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews Discovery News http://discoverynews.com
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