http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/politeness+netiquette PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/1219 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/1219 <p>PDF/text available</p><p>In this article, Bromseth discusses his research into 2 Norwegian email lists: Radical Forum (a socialist/Marxist forum) and The Doctor's List (a forum for general practitioners) in which the membership was divided approximately 85% men and 15% women.&nbsp; While the political group tended towards confrontational discussion and raw polemic, the medical forum was characterized by face-saving strategies and an emphasis on &quot;brotherhood&quot;.&nbsp; Bromseth argues that the latter behavior should not be seen as &quot;feminization&quot; of male speech, but rather as an example of positive and definitively male social practices in&nbsp;modern (2001)&nbsp;Norway.&nbsp; To him, gender is constantly being constructed in relation to other social phenomena and contexts must always be examined independently to show such construction without stereotyping behavior.&nbsp; This argument runs in counter to the generally accepted thoughts towards men's speech and should definitely be considered as a reminder to readers to not make generalized assumptions based upon previous theories, but instead, to take into account mitigating cultural and social factors when analyzing any speech community.</p>