The John Howell Show Podcast

Words as Women's Weapons


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Why does society feel like women talk too much? It's an idea that has existed in the social sphere for hundreds of years, but aren't we past that? Linguistics professor Valerie Fridland, author of Like, Literally Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English, joins John Howell to explain how women have used words as weapons, and why traditionally masculine society doesn't always agree. 

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