What Role Does Gender Play in Communication?
“Hi, my name is Reka Morvay, I’m a psychologist and I’m going to talk to you today about gender differences in communication. Now research has shown that there are actually very few differences in the way men and women talk. In the public consciousness there’s this idea that there are huge differences between what men say and what women say and how men communicate and how women communicate. And it’s actually been shown that both men and both woman can be aggressive or loving, nurturing or patient or impatient in their communication. What the real difference is between the genders is what they hear. When the other is talking. Women are much more likely to be sensitive to hidden messages or read between the lines about social implications. Men are much more likely to read between the lines about status implications. And this comes from their differences in society. So if you have this difficult conversation at home, where the woman says or where the man says, wow, I’m so tired, I don’t k
