Politeness and gender

Are women more polite than man ?

According to lakoff, he argued taht women are more polite than man. This
characterized by high frequency of honoric and softening device such as
hedges and qeustion.1

Politeness at different age level

According to child development. Most studies show that children produce

abd understand polite sntence about age 6. They use polite request in ol older
to circumvent obstacles natural situations only at leter age level.2

Children are told to say please when they are making request, as way for
expressing themselves politly. But adult use please far less than one might
suppose, when they do, it often has the effect making a directive sound less
polite and more peremptory

1
Ibid, page 268

2
Ibid, page.918