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Do men and women use language, tone and voice differently?

May 13th, 2009 Linguistics, London philippa

This is a bit of a rhetorical question, as I think most people would probably agree that we do!
More probing questions you may wish to consider are:
Have women’s voices got deeper in recent years?
Do women find it hard to carry authority in their voices?
Do women talk more than men?
Do men use language to put women

Should we give ‘la jeune maman’ a break?

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Should we give ‘la jeune maman’ a break?

January 11th, 2009 France, Freelancing philippa

…Or not, as the case may be, given French justice minister Rachida Dati’s recent decision to take an incredibly short maternity leave.
A debate is currently raging across the British media concerning this news story, and the wider issue of new mums of all ages and social statuses who for whatever reason decide to return to