Appendix C:

Interview Questions

Interview questions:
1. What did you think filling out this survey?
2. Do you believe there is gendered language-that is words, phrases, or ways of speaking/writing that are perceived as more masculine or feminine? If so next question If not why?:
3. What makes something masculine or feminine? Or how does it become Masculine or feminine? What makes something neutral? What might be some examples of feminine or masculine languages?


4-13) Next I go through the survey and ask this question "what about this statement made you mark it the way you did" for certain questions.
4. Survey statement "before I break my foot off up ion your @**"
5. Survey statement "it [the love] left when you started talking "
6. Survey statement "I was thinking about the economic implications that marketing has on todays society"
7. Survey statement "I'm sorry their being mean."
8. Survey statement "i am happy with who i am"
9. Survey statement "BE NICE"
10. Survey statement "wow, it was difficult to contain myself"
11. Survey statement "you sound like a little kid"
12. Survey statement "it's cool when people tell on each other"
13. Survey statement "oh sorry Lee* you ran into my fist"

14. While reading this survey did you try to figure out if the speaker was male or female? Did you "hear" or "see" the speaker as male or female? Did this affect if you would mark it masculine or feminine?
15. Now that we have discussed gendered language for the length of this interview have you thoughts on gendered language changed or been reinforced? If so how?

*wording changed to remove implied gender