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WhiteTara

(29,718 posts)
Sat May 28, 2016, 01:34 PM May 2016

Actually, Male Supreme Court Justices Are Rude AF to Their Female Counterparts

https://www.yahoo.com/news/actually-male-supreme-court-justices-184800975.html?nhp=1

Girl, Interrupted is more than just a '90s cult classic. For many women, it's an apt description of their typical workday, navigating conversations with men who think of themselves whip-smart enough to talk out of turn.

According to a recent study, none are immune — not even Supreme Court justices.

An analysis from Adam Feldman on his blog Empirical SCOTUS found that female justices were interrupted significantly more often than their male colleagues. Feldman zeroed in on oral arguments in particular, recording moments in official transcripts when a justice interjected before a fellow justice finished his or her statement, or before an attorney spoke.

The verdict? Justice Sonia Sotomayor was interrupted the most at 57 times, followed by Justice Elena Kagan with 50 and Justice Stephen Breyer — who Mother Jones notes is infamous for his lengthy monologues — with 36. Coincidentally, Breyer is also the third most frequent interrupter, talking over his colleagues 39 times.

The Supreme Court's No. 1 offender is Justice Anthony Kennedy, interrupting 59 times and Justice John Roberts, 53 times.
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Actually, Male Supreme Court Justices Are Rude AF to Their Female Counterparts (Original Post) WhiteTara May 2016 OP
does this surprise anyone? the men of scotus are mcp's. niyad May 2016 #1
"mcp"? I googled and all I found was Microsoft Certified Professional (nt) Nye Bevan May 2016 #3
Male Chauvinist Pigs niyad May 2016 #4
Microsoft Certified Professional was the only result found in your Google search? Odd that. LanternWaste May 2016 #8
Yep, af rock May 2016 #2
. . . niyad May 2016 #5
Note that Notorious R.B.G. is not atop the list. KamaAina May 2016 #6
Given that men do most of the interrupting, perhaps they're interrupted less becase when they are hughee99 May 2016 #7
 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
8. Microsoft Certified Professional was the only result found in your Google search? Odd that.
Tue May 31, 2016, 03:47 PM
May 2016

Microsoft Certified Professional was the only result found in your Google search? Odd that. Or else, not so odd when context is accounted for.

hughee99

(16,113 posts)
7. Given that men do most of the interrupting, perhaps they're interrupted less becase when they are
Tue May 31, 2016, 03:29 PM
May 2016

talking, they can't interrupt themselves.

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