COM 100 Summer 2014

Muted Group

Thursday, August 7, 2014 1:41 pm

The Muted Group theory was created by Cheris Kramarae and defined as people belonging to low-power groups who must change their language when communicating publicly, thus, their ideas are often overlooked”. In this theory, women are the muted group because language is a man-made structure. As being part of the muted group women engage in sexual harassment which means unwanted imposition of sexual requirements in the context of a relationship of unequal power. In most cases it men harassing women because of the power levels are different.

 

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