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07-13-2017, 10:38 AM
Hey, women: Here's how to soften life's toughest emails using exclamation points!
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Hey! Hope you're well and that the week is going smoothly. Just wanted to check in and remind everyone that if you're struggling to write a tough message, exclamation marks are a great resource!
As Amelia Tait reminds us in her recent New Statesman piece (http://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/internet/2017/07/sorry-bothering-you-emotional-labour-female-emails?amp), women use exclamation points at a rate higher than men. This is partially because of something called "emotional constraint" — because of institutional ***ism, women have less room to appear unenthusiastic than men do. In fact, simply using a period instead of an exclamation point is far more likely to put off the recipient if the sender is **t a man. Just wanted to let you k**w! Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/12/women-email-exclamation-points/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Hey! Hope you're well and that the week is going smoothly. Just wanted to check in and remind everyone that if you're struggling to write a tough message, exclamation marks are a great resource!
As Amelia Tait reminds us in her recent New Statesman piece (http://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/internet/2017/07/sorry-bothering-you-emotional-labour-female-emails?amp), women use exclamation points at a rate higher than men. This is partially because of something called "emotional constraint" — because of institutional ***ism, women have less room to appear unenthusiastic than men do. In fact, simply using a period instead of an exclamation point is far more likely to put off the recipient if the sender is **t a man. Just wanted to let you k**w! Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/12/women-email-exclamation-points/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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