Gender Models

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• DIFFERENCE MODEL

• - Differences between female and male speech but neither is better - Men and women use speech for different purposes (men compete, women cooperate) 

• DIVERSITY MODEL

• - Gender is one of the many factors that may influence people's use of language - There may be more differences between two women's speech than a man's and a woman's

• DEFICIT MODEL 

• - Men's speech is the standard that all language is measured by - Women's speech falls short and is weak 

• DOMINANCE MODEL

•  - Men have traditionally had more power in society and women have been used to being subservient - This has causes language differences between the genders