In a first look judgement, hearing the theory “muted group” I sense that it’s a study for a group of people that are hindered to speak up whether they were purposely told to shut their mouths or just too shy to let other know their opinion because of the outcome their words will create.

The Muted Group theory was insinuated by an anthropologist who is based on England, Edwin Ardener. They say that the word muted from the name of the theory is defined based from the idea that people’s power in the society has a lot of says in what happens to everything. There has been a lot of unheard voices coming from women and other people who are muted by their own mind. Compared to the average point of view in the society that it is actually forgetting the part where most people are an effect of the study and that the theory they started initiated a lot of comparing and unappreciated thoughts their insecurities from the higher power have created.

The theory discusses the reasons of how a certain group of people whether they may be small or huge specifically that of women everywhere, whatever level in the society is muted. The obvious side of how Edwin Ardener wanted to specify things are of the gender differences and its perks and disadvantages. Obviously at this time right now, women are fighting for their right to speak up but it took long before people were actually engaging upon realizing that it really had long and deep effects for a girl as she grows up. The male gender, however, is the dominant one from then on. An example that depicts the most obvious “sexist” situations are seen at work. By simply regarding wives to stay at home because it’s a MAN’s job to work for his family. The decimating judgement for woman who wants to take a stand and enter the political world is disgusting. Women where used to adapting to situations even if it wasn’t fair and shouldn’t be done. Their opinions and attitude are beyond witty and intelligent but it’s just in the shadow of males who are considered the ones women rely onto — they say.

Cheris Kramarae, a professor who focuses in women studies took an interest with the theory and studied it further. Her initial idea of the theory is that all ways of talking to people verbally or not verbally are generated by men, and was caused by their idea that they could take advantage of women. Speaking degrades the power of women lesser than men because of psychology because genetically and scientifically, women are more emotionally inclined and driven that men. It’s just one of the examples that continues to make a clear picture of how men are differentiated to women by their capabilities.

Clearly, even though the Muted Group Theory based a lot of their ideas and explanation into gender differences, it can still be expanded because the other idea wherein power was taking place and how it’s imbalance, changes a group of people to speak up. It does help us in ways we are going to be able to observe and understand how communication works for people within a threatened or silenced group — it shows the kind of idea wherein people must adjust if they really wanted to be heard and accepted nicely with those who have the liberty to speak anytime anywhere. As a feminist, reading this theory angers me a lot because it degrades the power of women with anyone in the world. Women can even be more powerful if they’re silent. What we can do for the world, the country, and the people we love are beyond the standards people are referring to us with. This theory is negative, therefore, it’s also a solution to take part of not engaging to be a member of a Muted Group and I hope that by researching, knowing, and understanding this theory well, a lot of our citizens from the whole world use it as a step to change stereotypes and inequalities that have created mindsets and bad culture within our language.