Ch 4 Fieldwork
1. My HIST 350 class has 80 students, 41% male and 59% female. Men participate more and speak longer than women do.
2. The average of how long people speak is 46 seconds.Â
3. The biggest difference I’ve noticed is that the women in my class are much more likely to turn their camera on when speaking than the men are. Women are also more likely to unknowingly speak with their microphone muted.
4. Women keep their cameras on more.
5. The instructor is a man but the teaching assistant is a woman. My professor is more likely to encourage us to actively participate and ask questions but he gets frustrated faster than my TA, who seems much more patient and understanding.
6. I’ve always believed men are more short tempered than women, which is shown through my professors behavior. We can visibly see when he is frustrated that we aren’t participating compared to the TA seeing we don’t understand and allowing us extra time to review when we seem lost. That could also be because of age though, as my TA is much closer in age to us than the professor.
