Word: gornick
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...when they give one of those reassuring Chuck Yeager speeches saying that there's nothing to worry about even though the plane has no landing wheels. Females are assigned the social role of grinning all the time, Ralph. It's one way men keep women in their place. Vivian Gornick talks about "that damned dazzling smile," and Social Psychologist Nancy Henley calls it "woman's badge of appeasement" that placates the more powerful male. Henley did some experiments showing that women smile 89% of the time in social encounters, while men smile only 67%. And 26% more of female...