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Women regularly use questions to gain the floor at meetings, according to research by a professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Dr. Cecilia Ford, a professor of English language and linguistics, analyzed the experiences of women in conversations in professional meetings, including the sciences and engineering.
In contrast to previous studies that found questioning as a sign of weakness, Ford saw women using questions as a way to get their message across. Ford found that when a woman asked a question, the ...