An Experiment in Gendered Discussion Domination

I ran across this very interesting and simple way to measure how much men and women talk in a public space.  It is called “Are Men Talking Too Much?”

 

Are men talking too much?

Check who’s dominating the conversation

Please don’t be aggrieved about the fact that the timer buttons are titled “dude” and “not dude”. That’s part of the humor in this. I am considering using this secretly in my fall comp classes and then trying it publicly. Mostly harmless.

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      Small world, mon frere. I will tell them thanks and mention your name as my Chicago Connection.


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    Now I have an idea. One could download some twitter hashtags and see who dominated conversations there …

    Hmmm

    mostly harmless 😉


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      That wouldn’t be fair since the atomic weight of just one of my tweets is like effing dark matter from a sun. Just not fair.


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    Interesting: silence has no volume nor does it speak. I love the English language.

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