Week 6: Chapter 3, Listening and Perception, Chapter 4, Encoding Messages: Spoken Language

~ Do you agree that men and women use language differently? In what areas?

Without a doubt, I agree that men and women use language differently. From the moment we are born we are socialized to be like a girl or a boy. This socialization includes the use of language and how it is different for girls and boys.
Girls are active listeners, nodding their heads, or giving a one word, Uh Huh, and facial expressions to give their speaker a sense that they are listening and hearing what is being said.
Girls are more focused on the connection between themselves and the speaker to build rapport and boys are more concerned with the facts and solving the problem.
Girls are relationally orientated talkers, whereas, boys are task orientated talkers.

In my own personal relationship, I try to be close with my finace by asking him about his day and really wanting to hear every little detail, however, there are times when I ask him how his day was just to ask and I really don't want to hear all the details. On the flip side my fiance does fall into most of the gender different communication categories, but not always. He does ask about my day and really wants to hear everything, he doesn't always try and fix the problem when I am talking to him, and he definitely shares his intimate private matters with me and it is not because I bring them up.
So, typically, yes, men and women do communicate and use language differently, but, it would be a stereotype to say that all men and women communicate the same way. I think we are changing the way we socialize our children and by becoming aware of our differences in any situation or relationship will change our communication and language use between genders.

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