Jennifer Coates

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• Wrote a book called “men talk “

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• Often used intermediaries to record conversations between men and their friends

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• She transcribed and analysed 32 all-male audio tapes

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• Male speakers recorded themselves at home, in pubs, in a restaurant, in a university office after hours, in a youth club, in a garden shed

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• Women recorded themselves predominantly in the home

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• Male participants were more sophisticated in their use of gadgets

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• Male speakers preferred to talk about impersonal topics such as modern technology, drinking, cars, sport
• Women spoke of things like mothers’ funerals, child abuse, loyalty to husbands, a murder case, fear of men

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• Men jump from topic to topic whereas women’s are linked

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• The most personal topics men approach are drinking habits and personal achievements

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• Men take turns in giving monologues or use rapid-fire talk (friendly sparring not a quarrel)