Gender Differences in Communication

"BUT WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" (Tannen, D.)

OUTLINE: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN COMMUNICATION

Men and women respond differently on the same subject

Generally, women seem to be more emotional

Difference in communicating may not be gender-related as much as in the way people think feel, and act

Women in lower positions talk differently to their bosses

Men would talk differently to female bosses

women communicate differently than men in a similar situation

resentment of women's move up through Affirmative Action

Communicating with "powerful" women leaders in industry: different than with men in similar jobs?

Parents money arguments puts Mom on the defensive

Man brag about conquests, and about sex partners

Women talk about repulsing them, or whether men would make good fathers

Some communication is best handled by women: My mother's example of Oprah

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