Male Vs Female: Speaking In Class

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Male vs. Female: Speaking In Class
From my observations, I have come to the conclusion that men tend to be more aggressive than women, when it comes to in class discussions. Overall, this does not mean men are more talkative, but that in my four classes at Polk Community College, men seem to join in on conversation more than their female counterparts. They tend to speak up and want to answer all the questions. For example, in my Composition II class, a young man, whom we will call “Bob,” before he transferred to another hour, was the “voice” of the class. Now, no one elected him to be the “voice,” but rather he voluntarily decided to speak up whenever the professor asked questions and to talk whenever he felt it was necessary. Watching the other classmates and their dislike for “Bob,” I feel he may be an extreme example. In my Mythology class, Ralph is the “voice” of the class. He is much more liked by the class than “Bob” was and usually has funny comments and witty comebacks to the seemingly alike professor. In my Teaching Diverse Populations class, Dale was the “voice,” but he, like “Bob,” is no longer in the class. Now that Dale is no longer there, the females have had to speak up in order to get points for class participation. The predominately female class is more equal in the ratio of male vs. female “voices.”
In many countries around the world, women are held back and told they are inferior to men. Not only are they told this, but they also believe it. For example, in Hispanic cultures, fathers have prestige and authority and the sons have more and earlier independence than the daughters. European American women are taught to be dependent on others (usually a man) and to lack confidence in their abilities. The girls quickly learn not to outperform men in academic or physical skills or they will end up isolated and unloved. In the Asian cultures, females do not receive the ...