Question

Cite the similarities and differences of men and women in communication styles in terms of interaction, play, conversation and language. Give examples on the differences.

Answer 1

Gender differences cite many similarities and differences in the way they communicate.Following are the points:

• Interaction and conversation : Researchers believe that men and women have different brain structures and are completele different in terms of emotional processing, cognitive aspects etc.
• They differ in the usage of non verbal cues.Men use less non verbal cues than woman.Women tend to rely more on facial expressiveness , smiling gestures, head nodding and use of fillers like, hmm, ah,oh.On the other hand men use paralanguage, but less frequently.While conversations, men use wider postures, sharp directed movements and women's gestures are fluidic in nature.
• Men are more likely to command their personal space than women, are assertive, self reliant and dominating,This may be contributed from the stereotyping in cultures.
• Women are relationship oriented where they reach out to others on the basis of commonalities whereas men tend to relate on the basis of dominance and sometimes, status,
• Some psycholinguistic experts say that men and women has many similaritie too.For example, men and women who belong to the same social or communal background possess same kind of vocabulary. Moreover, men and women with comparable educational background have the same intellect in problem solving, reading comprehension and task completion.

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