Cross-Gender Communication as a Form of Intercultural...

Anita Mandura EN 102 Exam 1 June 16, 2011 Cross-Gender Communication as a Form of Intercultural Communication In our daily life we face male/female differences. We can hear almost every day a questions like: Do men and women speak the same language? Why doesnt he/she listen when I talk? He/she is like from another planet, isnt he/she? Men and women communicate and behave differently. Many factors like stereotypes and cultural backgrounds are included in creation of differences in gender communication. Good communication skills are hard to achieve; communication gaps are the biggest problem in misunderstanding the message. Good and effective communication can therefore be affected by many things including the situation, time,†¦show more content†¦Differences in verbal communication refer to word choice, voice patterns and speaker interruption. Women use less vulgar words, use different patterns of intonation, they are more likely to be kind and polite; women use more tags as well. Unlike women, men are more aggressive in communication, and they interrupt way more than woman. †¦ men were responsible for 96 per cent of interruptions in conversation between men and women (Hartley 188). Men focus on status and independence; women focus on intimacy and connection – a difference that makes communication between the sexes problematic (Aires 3). All this gender differences that are shown above lead us to stereotypical thinking about gender roles and how we ought to behave to be acceptable members of our gender; however, stereotypical thinking deepens the differences even more. Besides the social behavior, a serious numbers of conducted studies have shown that these differences do exist on the empirical base. Medical studies have shown differences in brain anatomy of males and females. Women have more gray matter in the left language hemisphere of the brain. This study results can explain the difference of male/female behavior and different verbal skills. 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