In the context of constructing gender in interaction, identify a true statement about conversational interruption.
A. If a woman does interrupt another speaker, she risks social disapproval-especially if she interrupts a man.
B. Women make a larger proportion of intrusive interruptions in unstructured and naturalistic settings than in the lab-settings that more closely resemble everyday interaction.
C. A great deal of research shows that men use tactics such as interrupting and controlling the topic in conversation with other men more than they do with women.
D. Studies show that women tend to take more than a fair share of talk time in task-oriented situations, such as committee meetings, classrooms, and problem-solving groups.
Answer: A
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