Gender and Communication

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Gender and Communication

• (Girls and Guys Dont Communicate the Same!)

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Verbal Communication Feminine

• Tag questions
• Hedges
• Show closeness through talk
• Secrets and I know how you feel stories

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Verbal Communication Masculine

• Absolutes yes/no
• Interrupt to change subject or disagree
• Show closeness through favors

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Nonverbal Communication Feminine

• Small personal space retreat
• Lots of feedback
• Smile and look away when looked at

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Nonverbal Communication Masculine

• Large personal space defend
• Little feedback
• Right to look/aggressive eye contact

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Friendship Feminine

• Show closeness through talk
• Friends talk out troubles
• Try to help hurting friends deal with feelings
• Get together to talk

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Friendship Masculine

• Show closeness through favors
• Friends distract from troubles
• Risk-taking behavior
• Get together to do things

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What this stuff means

• Be understanding of differences
• Discuss issues honestly and openly
• Guys need to be careful of seeming uncaring
• Girls need to be careful of seeming caught up in
  emotions