{"id":1555,"date":"2018-10-15T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/?p=1555"},"modified":"2018-10-15T06:00:05","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T10:00:05","slug":"why-men-dont-get-interrupted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/why-men-dont-get-interrupted\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Men Don\u2019t Get Interrupted"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tAbundant research shows that women really do get interrupted more and men really do talk more in the workplace. In a previous post<\/a>, I summarized several studies reporting relevant research findings.\nIn a new, more personal report in the New York Times<\/em>, Thomas Page McBee, a transgender man, provides a unique opportunity to learn from his experience. He describes how the dynamics began to change dramatically for him at work. He transitioned from female to male, and his voice deepened from testosterone treatments.\nMcBee began his transition to male at the age of thirty-one and moved to a new city and job at about the same time. He explains that his mother, a scientist and executive at General Electric, talked frequently with him and his sister as they were growing up about the challenges she faced as a professional woman. While still living in a female body as an adult, McBee notes that his high, sharp voice \u201cmade me invisible. I was frequently interrupted and talked over, especially by men, especially at work. I had to fight harder to make a point. . . . I was sometimes squeezed into silence.\u201d\nSoon after he began his transition and testosterone injections, he was startled to discover that a privilege of his male body and deep voice was that he could \u201csilence an entire room just by opening my mouth.\u201d Specifically, McBee reports that\n\n\n