Review of Janet Holmes Article Men, Women and...

The author of the article Men, Women and Politeness was Janet Holmes. It was published in 1995. This article, intentionally, speaks about how women and men interrelate. The basis of her argument is very simple and clearly expressed. Holmes tries to say that women are more polite than men, in the way a person speaks. She says that women have ‘softened tones of disagreement’, whereas refers men to being blunt and aggressive. . Holmes tries to say that the way in which women and men interact is diverse. She also tries to say that the way in which they agree to things is also different. Holmes tries to prove that all reactions of men and women are different, but all men and women act in the same way, which makes them†¦show more content†¦Her case studies are on people with different culture, but she has similar findings. This proves that her findings are accurate, as different cultures, are showing similar responses. Variables such as age, sex, single groups or mixed groups, were used for the research. For example; different ages groups were used like 12year old school children by Van Alphan(1987), are also done on children which different sex groups. The data which was collected was first-hand data. Alphan wanted to check if the results were similar with different cultures. These case studies were conducted over 30 years ago, making the research reliable. However, the research seems outdated, as it is old and the decade has changed. Now sex is no more an important factor, which it use to be before. Now society and culture are the most important variables. Her research can also be called un-reliable, as various variables, which were important that time, are not mentioned. For example: size of the group, the case study was conducted on. Less information is mentioned about the case study, and a particular reader cannot prove that the information provided is valid. Research is said to be valid, if it is not more than 5 years old. Holmes included case studies of 1970’s and 1990’s. The information provided by Holmes, will have a great influence onShow MoreRelatedShojo and Adult Women: a Linguistic Analysis of Gender Ident ity in Manga (Japanese Comics)8450 Words   |  34 PagesShojo and Adult Women: A Linguistic Analysis of Gender Identity in Manga (Japanese Comics) Junko Ueno Abstract: This study analyzes the linguistic behavior of female characters in shoJo (girls) and ladies (women) manga (Japanese comics) and discusses the portrayal of female gender identities in the context of popular print media. Considering the great impact that Japanese print media has had over Japanese womens speech patterns throughout history, a linguistic analysis of female characters speech