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Difference Model - Men

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Difference Model - Male Communication

The difference model is concerned with the idea that men and women are simply inherently different. Linguists have looked at the way men talk to each other.

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Kuiper

  • Kuiper’s research details that men use more insults and expletives (swearing).
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Pilkington

  • Pilkington’s research looks at the way a ‘locker-room banter’ is created within all-male groups. He found that insults were part of this culture and created bonds.
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Millett

  • Kate Millett’s research states that 'the tone and ethos of men's house culture is sadistic, power-oriented, and latently homosexual, frequently narcissistic in its energy and motives'.
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