{"id":1045,"date":"2016-09-30T08:30:54","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T13:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2016-09-29T10:15:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T15:15:06","slug":"hillary-interrupted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/2016\/09\/30\/hillary-interrupted\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillary, Interrupted"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trump interrupted Clinton 51 times at the first of three 2016 presidential debates.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you didn’t notice\u00a0the rampant interruptions during this week\u2019s first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, don\u2019t worry – several sources ranging from<\/span> Vox<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>to <\/span>The New York Times<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>and even <\/span>U.S. Weekly<\/span><\/i><\/a> took note. While estimates vary as to the exact number of times each candidate interrupted the other, some estimate that Clinton interrupted Trump about a dozen times while Trump interrupted both Clinton and debate moderator Lester Holt <\/span>over 50 times<\/span><\/a>. As this is likely a moment we will teach in Sociology of Gender courses <\/span>for years to come<\/span><\/a>, we can look to prior studies of speech patterns and gender to contextualize the demeanor of the debate. <\/span><\/p>\n

Both men and women engage in all types and styles of interruption; however, men are more likely to engage in intrusive interruption — that is, when someone interrupts \u201cthe speaker\u2019s turn at talk with the intent of demonstrating dominance.\u201d Additionally, men interrupt women more often than they do other men, using sex as a status characteristic in group discussion.<\/span><\/h5>\n