Female Justices are interrupted 3x more than their male colleagues

[Tanuki]

(I saw this because somebody tweeted that Drudge took the story and completely twisted it to say that female Justices were the ones who interrupted 3x more, instead of reporting that they were the ones being interrupted.)

https://www.google.com/amp/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/female-supreme-court-justices-interrupted-more-male-colleagues-study/

..."While justices sometimes cut each other off, lawyers are never supposed to the way Rein then did with Sotomayor.

“Then holistic percentage, whatever it is, is going to be virtually all white,” Sotomayor said.

“And that is incorrect,” Rein interrupted.

“All white,” Sotomayor continued.

“And that is an assumption,” Rein said as she tried to say no.
"That has no basis in this record,” he finished.

“Here we have subordinates, clear subordinates, i.e. lawyers, interrupting justices who have reached the highest pinnacle of a very high status profession,” Jacobi says. ".........(more)

[greymattermom]

1. That's probably true

in every aspect of business. I'm female and I interrupt people. I'm sure it's noticed more than it would be if I were male.

[former9thward]

2. A story that is trying to generate faux outrage and is doing that.

This "study" is by someone who knows nothing about Supreme Court procedures. The comma's in Sotomayor's comments do not exist in oral argument. It may well be that Sotomayor speaks in slow or measured phrases and the lawyer thought she had completed her thought when he spoke.

Both sentences by Sotomayor in the OP are complete thoughts and sentences. It would be very natural to offer a counter argument after them. When lawyers participate in oral arguments before the SC they have an extremely limited time to get their arguments out. And they are routinely interrupted by the Justices in mid-sentence.

[Tanuki]

3. You can excuse it all you want, but it is consistent with decades of research and observation

https://www.google.com/amp/nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2015/03/19/google-chief-blasted-for-repeatedly-interrupting-female-government-official/amp/

[former9thward]

11. I am commenting on the Supreme Court.

Which is a whole lot different than the coffee shop cited at your link of "decades of research and observation". I am pretty sure female SC Justices can handle themselves would be insulted with people comparing them to coffee shop customers.

[LanternWaste]

4. Yours are some rather creative allegations... though lacking objective evidence to support them

Yours are some rather creative allegations... though lacking objective evidence to support them. I can understand why you'd rationalize it as such... your consistent narrative requires it of you.

[Nevernose]

7. The study co-authored by a law professor?

"But a new study, co-authored by Northwestern Law professor Tonja Jacobi, suggests it might be more familiar than you’d think."

No one argued that there weren't interruptions. What was studied was the number of interruptions based on sex of the Justice, and with enough data that should be a fairly easy thing to "prove."

[RedWedge]

10. You're adorable.

[JTFrog]

5. These threads are always enlightening.

Always blows my mind to see knee-jerk denials.

[Pacifist Patriot]

6. Yep

While women live it daily.

[LisaM]

9. No kidding.

It brings to mind the study they did about interrupting during the presidential debates.

[Orrex]

8. I call BS

Only 3X more? That seems kind of low.


k/r

[niyad]

12. it is true everywhere

[Kentonio]

13. I'm not surprised.

As a man I'd never noticed it until a few years ago when I read about how common a phenomena it is. Once you start watching for it happening, it happens ALL THE FUCKING TIME. One of many examples of where I feel ashamed of many of my own gender.