According to Griffin, a muted group is a group of, "People with little power who have trouble giving voice to their perceptions because they must re-encode their thoughts to make them understood in the public sphere; e.g., women." This information can be found on page 455 in chapter 35 of our textbook.
I find this concept to be an interesting one because whenever I talk about oppression I tend to focus on the silencing of others. I talk about how one group silences another, not literally, but by making them feel as though they are ignorant or unimportant. I like that I now have another term, the muted group.
~Tornn
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The muted group was a concept that I thought was an interesting one. I think that our society tends to silence things that they dont want to hear about for various reasons. I think that the silencing of others is unacceptable, but it is interesting how groups step out of this concept. It is hard to incorperate the right people to get a message heard. I also think that the process where groups reword their ideas to get mass approval is also interesting. It is hard to send a message that every group of people will listen to.
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