Washington: When a woman in a relationship is more verbally assertive, then that couple is judged to be less likeable, says a new study.
The study, led by Dr. Jennifer Sellers, assistant professor of psychology at Green Mountain College, suggested that silence might be more golden for women.
“In couples in which the woman is more verbally assertive and the man more submissive, the relationship tends to suffer,” said Sellers.
“In this study we wanted to test the notion that this phenomenon emerges because gender role expectations lead people to expect men to verbally dominate women.
“We reasoned because men are expected to be in a position of power over women, couples in which the woman is verbally dominating the man would be rated more harshly than couples that adhere to the traditional role,” she added.
In the study, 95 students (45 men and 50 women) watched four videos of married couples describing or having a conflict.
In the first video, the verbally assertive, or uninhibited, spouse discussed a conflict between him or herself and a family member.
The second video showed a conflict in which the more submissive partner, or inhibiter, chose to balance the check book instead of getting ready to leave and, as a result, the couple was late for an engagement.
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