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Sooth CtroMrnt'a Baal Co.fegu Newspaper MOndcSV Volume LXX No. 76 University of South Carolina , Columbia, S.C. April 13,1981 jjfjj|MTgL.' v . w j mm, Pat Nicholas, a linguistics professor at told a USC audience Thursday that st differences between men's and women' a jKragHHBM I Former Vice President Walter F. Mc hold an open question and answer sei USC students at 12:30 today in Rust Ballroom. The session is part of Monda/e's twi to USC. While at the university Mo\ participate in a Southern Studies semin? meet with Student Government lea College of Education and Law Scho members. He will also tour the ui Movietonews exhibit. fin/v eti irinntc nr%/4 ********* R , rwuwr^f ITffVflfL ^ current USC ID cords will be admitt j| question and ans wer session. n .? * San Jose University in California, Bxual stereotyping has produced s language. ~~] Florid* B Moral The Moral Majority shoi and its critics should not cording to a visiting theolo Lawrence S. Cunninglu religion department, said being acquiescent" to the I "One needs to go bey Majority has rights to be involve themselves politic arguments to face the rea ISdlU. "My objection to the M servative in its philosopl philosophy," Cunninghan program, include more of t CUNNINGHAM calls t religious enthusiasm" c television preachers who, I public opinion. The mover the force of modernization, "The Moral Majority so fears and dismay about to movement appeals to man against child abuse and females whil#? driuino Jn 11 . . ...g, *" u ision with Cunningham. wll House Cunningham is the only I Florida State's religion de| -v/tav visit Majority to traditional i Catholic conservatism ha: ndale will ^at goes natural h 9r and will does not, the theologian sai dots and As an ftxamnl?? fhinnii o/ farultm I Church's unwavering ope niversitv's I could ever chan8e this vi nversny ? been immorai in the Caf M cumstances, he said. tors with I oW~t ##.1 Cunningham said Sen. S 9d to the I an amendment making a volving incest and rape. E | strong intellectual barrier Speech reflect c 4W By Forrest Brown Staff Writer Sexual stereotyping has caused differences between men's and women's language, a visiting linguistics professor told a campus audience Thursday. Research shows women are less likely to protest interruptions by men and are often excluded from conversations with men, according to Pat Nichols, a linguistics professor visiting USC. Nichols said the difference between male and female language have created some difficult barriers for women to overcome in playing their roles in society. "TYPICAL tf inking of nearly everyone until the early 70s was that a woman no sooner thought than she spoke," Nichols told the audience of about 100. Recent research, however, has spurred a genuine interest in learning about differences between men's and women's speech, she said. Studies have shown that women speak more politely, do not have as much of a sense of humor as men, and tend to end every sentence with a question intonation, Nichols said. They also shy away from commitments by beginning sentences with remarks such as. "It's just my opinion, but... " Women also use more tagging questions such as "It's nice weather, isn't it?" Nichols, who is originally from Conway, S.C.,is a visiting professor from San Jose State University in California where she is a lecturer in English and linguistics. She has done extensive research on language, including studying Gullah dialect on South Carolina's coast. a State theolc Majority with )tty McCarthy gaggB8gBgg| Staff Writer . Lild be listened to discriminatingly, : be labeled "anti-Christian," acgian lecturing at USC Thursday. ," ~ r; ^ ?m, of Florida State University's [ < / : he can be "sympathetic without Vloral Majority movement. ond the obvious that the Moral heard. They have every right to ^3? any. we need to rise above these 1 problems at hand," Cunningham oral Majority is not that it's con- B ny, but that it does not have a vH i said. "If you want a biblical he Bible," he said. Vb \ he Moral Majority "a wave of 1 reated mostly by sophisticated * hrough media exposure, can sway nent is also "a spasm reaction to ^4 " Cunningham said. nrjfffi unds good? it represents a lot of % day's problems," he said. And the y people because it fosters a spirit discrimination of minorities and iphold family values, according to 2 ioman Catholic facultv member in rartment. He contrasted the Moral ^ Catholic conservatism, saying 5 a deep-rooted philosophy of life < jws. However, the Moral Majority j ngham pointed out the Catholic position to abortion. No coalition saying the u ew because abortion Has nlumve he was gi owirif holic Church, regardiess "of'cfrbeauty contest* trom Thurmond recently proposed Cunningham bortion illegal except in cases in- that time hac lut the Catholic Church provides a vigorously an against that. considered a h imay i jeiiuer A RECENT study, Nichols said, >how< men make 90 percent of two-party con versation interruptions. "I just want you to think about tin stereotype of women talking so much,'' sht said. "It seems that both parties agree tha males have the right to interrupt. "It's important for your self-respect t<> protest against interruption. Women need !n resist interruption by saying something lik 'I'm not finished,'" Nichols said Men use a variety of methods in addition to interruptions to control conversation. Nichols said. "Men control the topic of conversation b> not responding, except for a grunt. u women's topic instructions," she said ' On" of the ways men don't build on women's conversation is to use silence. Only when you are very self-confident, however can you use silence." RESEARCH on female language is inconclusive, Nichols said, and changes are beginning to take place. "We're on a cusp, a kind of changing situation," she said. "They (men) are uncertain and we are uncertain. Things are changing." A Duke University study showed women in high status positions, such as a physician , testifying as an expert witness, exhibited very few women's language characteristics, Nichols said. Also, men in powerless situations showed few .male language characteristics, she said. Nichols said Duke researchers suggested tu~ ?-1- 1 l- - 1 mat icnidic language r>e rt'namea "powerless language." >gian views 1 caution y.^At'S XBrn saga- sSESm V&P* ' jgBwwy^ WSlvVg^H * ------ HLa ^ n^Hk ^ Lawrence S. Cunningham ome past examples of Catholic conservatism, irch's guidelines were strictly followed when \ up. It was customary then to take an oath in er to attend movies boycotted by the Vatican rochial schools were not permitted to enter > because the shows were considered pagan, said the Vatican and the Moral Majority at 1 a strong sense of patriotism and were ti-Communistic. Joe McCarthy was even lero by nuns, priests and lay teachers.