MUTED GROUP THEORY

According to Griffin (2009), muted group are those people with little power who have trouble giving voice to their perceptions because they must re-encode their thoughts to make them understood in the public sphere (p. 455). According to Kramarae and other feminist theorists, women’s words are discounted in our society and their thoughts are devalued. The man constructed language “aids in defining, depreciating and excluding women” (p. 454).

For example:

The image above shows how the men are keeping their ego by asking her to only give support when she asked them if she could be of any help.

Reference:

Griffin, E. (2009). A first look at communication theory. (7^th ed). New                      York: The McGraw-Hill Companies.