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Abuse, 56, 57, 137, 138 Bechdel Test Movie List, Alison Hindell 68, 74 ‘casualness,’ 12 Bechdel–Wallace Test, 17, circumspect, 15 64–66 criticism, 19 female relationships, 64 feminist, 11 methodology, 66–67 plot devices, 13 The Bell, 97 women, role and status, Bible, 51 17 Big Society, 119 ‘Altruism in pursuit of Bipolar disorder, 133 social stability,’ 126 Black Panther, 147 Altruistic motivations, Borsetshire Mental Health 121 Trust, 29 Ambridge Cricket Team, Bridge Farm, 15, 40, 43, 173 45, 73, 123 Ambridge Farm Machinery, Bridge Farm Tea Room, 183 181 Ambridge support network, British popular culture, 41 31–32 Brookfield cow issue, 14 Anorexia, 136–138 Business, Energy and The Antiques Roadshow, Industrial Strategy 181 (BEIS), 156 Archers/Bechdel–Wallace Test (ABW Test), 66, Calculating conversations, 68, 69, 72 67–70 Audience survey, 144 ‘Casualness,’ 12 ‘Auditory voyeurism,’ 25 Celebrity Big Brother, The Avengers, 66 146–147

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‘Civil society,’ 117, 118 Estimated science capital, Collective citizen action, 117 162–163 Communication studies, ‘ – Fall of The House of 53 55 ’ ‘gestures,’ 82 Aldridge, 14 Family, 94, 102, 109 gossip, 52 Fawcett Society, 145 non-verbal, 6, 78 Female characterisation, Compact Code on 64, 80 Volunteering, 122 Female relationships, 64 Confederation of British Female representation, 74 Industry (CBI), 155 Female writers, 22, 23 Constituency, 17 Contraception, 106 Feminine, 145 Feminisation, 22 Coronation Street, 41, 43 Formal and informal power Cradle to Cradle, 181 relations, 117–118 Cricket, 168–170 Four Minutes and 33 Cricket World Cup, 169 Seconds of Silence, Cultural learning, 55–56 84 Custard, Culverts and Freda’s silent power, 81–84 Cake, 116 ‘Depressing description,’ 95 Gay, 147 Diversity Gender, 53 attitudes, 150 diversity, 144–146 gender, 144–146 equality, 145 Divisive character, 39–40 equity, 168 Divorce, 91 feminine, 145 Down’s syndrome, 106, 107 identity, 148 Dulle Griet, 42 masculine, 145 Dyadic communication, 70 and sexuality, 148 Generalised anxiety Eastenders, 84 disorder, 133 Eating disorders, 134 ‘Gestures,’ 82 Emerging Social Goodness of extreme Movements for condescension, 119 Sustainability, 181 Google Images, 183 English cricket, 168–170 Gossips Environmental movement, communication, 52 180 Index 199

concept, 23 Horrobin household, 28 cultural learning, 55–56 Hysteria, 134 definitions, 52 and gender, 53 ‘Ideally rational man,’ 93 health and safety Identity matters, 56 feminine, 145 ‘information gender, 145, 148 superhighway,’ 38 masculine, 145 malicious, 25, 26, 52 The Independent, 186 no gossip, 58–59 Informal activities, 120 origins, 23–24 ‘Information superhighway’ person’s reputation, 57 of gossip, 38 power, 44–46, 82 International Women’s promiscuous, 25 Cricket Council, 169 sex and power, 57 Influence, 79, 80, 81, 83 social role, 23–24 untrustworthy, 54 Joint Academic Coding ‘weaponise,’ 45 System (JACS), 156 Gravity, 66 Greek philosophy, 51 Keeping Up Appearances, ‘Ground C,’ 108 42 Guys and Dolls, 83 Keeping us safe, 56–57 Kirstie’s Fill Your House for ‘Hardyesque country girl,’ Free, 181 44 Headlam Hypothesis, ‘Lady Bountiful’ approach, 15 120–121 Health Organisation and The Larkins, 41 Pan American Last of the Summer Wine, Health 41 Organization, 104 Lesbian, 146 Higher Education Statistics Love Agency, 156 falling, 96 High-profile media good and individuals, 95 coverage, 170 moral philosophy, 94 Home Farm contamination, seflessness, 96 71 selfishness, 96 Homosexuality, 146 spiritual, 94 200 Index

Madness, 135 No Archers, 58–59 Manipulation, 186 No gossip, 58–59 Marriage, 90, 92, 94 Masculine, 145 Office for National Media, 146–147 Statistics (ONS), 102 Men’s sport, 169 Mental health The Palgrave Handbook of definition, 29 Sustainability, 181 ‘real world,’ 29 Personality disorders, 133 significance, 30 ‘Phallogocentric,’ 82 treatment, 29 Popular culture, 41 youth, 29 Post-traumatic stress Mental health problems disorder, 133 chronic, 138 Power conditions, 133 dynamics, 2–5 true-to-life portrayals, gossip and, 44–46 132 sex and, 57–58 ‘Mental illness,’ 30 silent characters, 77–84 Middle-aged woman, 41 Pregnancy Money for Nothing, 181 case studies, 103–109 Moonlight, 147 Down’s syndrome, 107 Morals UK context, 101–102 philosophy, 91, 93, 94 unplanned. (See pilgrimage, 96 Unplanned visions, 97 pregnancy) vocabulary, 91, 97 ‘Prison camp,’ 137 Motivations/objectives, 120 Muirfield Golf Club, 170 Quadrants, 121

The Name of the Rose, 66 Radio drama ‘Narrative prostheses,’ 134 silent role, 79 National Council for spoken and unspoken, Voluntary 78–79 Organisations ‘Realistic-ish,’ 15 (NCVO), 122 Recycling, 180 Neighbourhood watch, Right to choose, 101–109 37–46 Romeo and Juliet, 84 Neurosis, 134 A Room of One’s Own, 65 Index 201

The Rule, 65, 73–74 Status Rumour, 52 social, 24, 26, 28 working class, 25, 26 Saving Private Ryan, 66 ‘Steminists,’ 156 Science capital, 160–164 ‘Strong woman and Science, technology, effective leader,’ 12 engineering and mathematics The Telegraph, 181 (STEM) Terry Two Phones, 79 careers, 164 Testosterone, 144 classifiers, 156 Titus Andronicus, 53 employment, 155 Tongue-wagging, 49–60 occupations, 157 Transgender people, 145 qualifications, 159 skills gap, 154–155 Unplanned pregnancy, Secrets, 51 101–109 Self-serving motivations, Upcycling 121 ‘creative reuse,’ 180 Self-starvation, 137 vs. nostalgia, 184 Separation, 90 and people, 184–186 Sex and power, 57–58 Urban Dictionary, 183 Sexuality, 144, 147 The Uses of Literacy, 41 ‘Shared experiences and hopes,’ 120 Waiting for Godot, 84 Silent characters Well-being, 28–30 influence, 79 Women in science, 155 radical drama, 84 Women in sport, 168, 169, use and function, 79–81 174 ‘Snapchat dysmorphia,’ Women’s Ashes, 169 186 Women’s conversations, Social change, 144, 150 63–74 Social forces, 118–121 Women’s Cricket World Sociocultural phenomena, Cup, 169 145 ‘Women’s work,’ 118, Solidarity, 120 121–128 The Sovereignty of Good, Working-class matriarch, 93, 94 40–44 St Andrews Golf Club, 174