Language in all-female groups. Women's stories : the role of narrative in friendly talk -- 'So I mean I probably ...' : hedges and hedging in women's talk -- Competing discourses of femininity -- Changing femininities : the talk of teenage girls -- Women behaving badly : female speakers backstage -- Language in all-male groups. One-at-a-time : the organisation of men's talk -- 'So I thought "bollocks to it"' : men, stories and masculinities -- 'My mind is with you' : story sequences in the talk of male friends -- 'Everyone was convinced that we were closet fags' : the role of heterosexuality in the construction of hegemonic masculinity -- Gendered talk in other contexts. Language, gender, career -- Having a laugh : gender and humour in everyday talk -- Turn-taking pattens in deaf conversation -- Language and gender : changing theoretical frameworks. The rise and fall (and rise) of Mars and Venus in language and gender research.