Are women making Congress more polite?

Are women making Congress more polite?-rollcall: Last November, a record-breaking number of women were elected to the House and Senate, resulting in the most diverse Congress in history: 25 percent of senators and 23 percent of representatives are women. According to a new study by Pamela Ban, a political science professor at the University of California, San Diego, the influx of women could make a definitive difference in committee dynamics, a crucial step in the legislative process.