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soft ness by Anaiah Lupton Have you ever been told to use your “indoor voice”? Have you ever been told to use your “lady voice”, or perhaps been hushed when you were too passionate and ruffled? What about the other side of this, have you ever been told to “let your voice be heard” or to make plain by using a booming tone? We are taught to behave relative to the environment we are in, but what can do you do if your behavior does not line up with your environment? What if the environment you are in induces a different reaction than what is socially acceptable? I have witnessed this exchange second hand from my friend who often finds herself in situations that calls for an energetic and lively response. She, however is often quiet and calm, like a steady lighthouse in an oceanic ferocity. At times, her quiet nature is is questioned for not rebelling against stereotypes and social constructs around quiet femininity, or stoicism is mistaken for weakness. To address this dynamic we first must look at the way in which these actions or reactions are socially constructed. <strong>The</strong> social constructs around speech variation are associated with gender, race, and age. We are taught to confine to these social constructs, situations vary, environments change, and the complexity of human nature often rebels against what is socially acceptable. It is these moments of rebellion which intrigue me. However, rebellion too varies and people combat 24
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