Gender Stereotypes In Jury Deliberation

According to many studies, women who expressed emotions that violated the gender stereotypes such as anger in the jury deliberation, are less likely to influence the jury verdict than men. Among many studies, a study done by Salerno, J.M. & Peter-Hagene, L.C. suggests that it’s infact different between male and female ability to influence a jury verdict. This finding relies heavily on an experiment which they conducted, imitating the real jury deliberation process using college undergraduates. Their study revealed that women who expressed anger are seen less credible and in addition, other participants are more likely to increase their confidence in their opinion. However,in the case for men expressing anger, their credibility increased and made other participant have less confidence in their opinions.
In the movie, juror 8 can be seen as expressing anger while trying to persuade the other jurors. If juror 8 were to be a woman that acted just like the actual juror 8, the deliberation process would be different as the juror 8 would be unable to persuade the other jurors. But if the juror 8 were to not focus solely on emotions such as anger, but using the feminine aspect that can influence men, the outcome would be