The Genderlect Theory: Explaining Communication Between Men And Women

The gender roles both played on these works lead to the unfair mistreatment women have to go through, and how gender roles in societies are to set norms on to the types

Tannen’s piece analyzes how men and women differ in their conversational skills, and how most instances of miscommunication are because of these

the role of social context in this analysis. It show the various form of communication which shows the culture element such as race, identity and gender. It explain that the terms and how you speak is being used depending on the gender. Womans and mens defienalty has their style of communication in their own ways. The main logical directions explain different type in language that used depending on the gender of the users like the lack of women’s language when compared to men’s language, the idea of men’s over powering women and the difference between women’s and men’s ways of socializing

Anuja Sharma Kanika Dnag Thesis paper 23 October, 2015 Battle for equality Gender discrimination refers to biased treatment, based on gender. Many people misunderstand the concept of gender and often relate it to sex. Gender and sex, though often seen related, are actually not synonymous. According to Lorber (1968) sex is the state of being females and males; meanwhile, gender refers to women and men.

This article is helpful as it notes the issues associated with binary gender discourse and biological determinism. It explains the way in which identity can be lost through gender binary and the emotional impact it can have on those that don’t feel that they identify as either. It also delves into how different contexts of situations and environments effect how a person shapes their identity. It also explores how these discourses create perceptions of gender to others as well as to themselves. 3.

The author starts with a story she went through to explain how men and woman communicate differently with each other. Moreover, Tannen demonstrates based upon her research, that men and woman have different meanings to when it comes to communication. Accordingly, woman value talk and they find it to be the bond of a relationship. On the other hand, men only

"Gender is such a familiar part of daily life that it usually takes a deliberate disruption of our expectations of how women and men are supposed to act to pay attention to how it is produced"(The Social Construction of Gender 65). This tells us that once someone does something out of the "norm" then we start to conceive ideas of what gender is and how it is produced. Once something is done out of what we were taught and perceived to believe is right we then frown upon these actions. Our genitalia is often used as an indicator of which sex we belong to. The reading also talks about gender stratification and how it ranks men above women.

Are men’s and women’s brains ‘wired’ differently? In this short paper, we will discover that men’s and women’s brains are wired differently through three different perspectives. The perspectives are: the physical structure of men’s and women’s brains, the hormonal effects of men’s and women’s behaviour, and the social expectations and gender stereotypes of how men and women are expected to behave. Through analysing each approach to discovering if in fact men’s and women’s brains are wired differently, it becomes more apparent and clear that in each approach they are.

These stereotypes have proven to be harsher for the men to break out of compared to women. Although women are pushing for gender role shifts unaware of the effects that it may have on our society and the stereotypes that men are still stuck filling. The stereotypes men try to conform to are often set by woman including dominance, toughness, and many more attributes woman find attractive in a guy. Therefore, men find it hard to try and change these attributes when asked to do so. This is prevalent in occupations as well.

“When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch” said Betty Davis. Contemporary society has many different gender stereotypes. All those stereotypes make a hart time for young boys and girls in America today. Gander stereotypes could limit women’s and men’s capacity to develop their personal abilities.

In the article, “Sex, Lies and Conversation,” Tannen illustrates male and female have different characteristics and traits in their communication starting at a young age. These characteristics and traits provoke them to view the purpose of communication and behave differently. For example, women regard communication as a fundamental factor to create and foster a relationship. While men view communication as a way to dominate in relationships. Women need more intimate in a conversation compared with men.

Nadine Sia SOC-1 Professor Thompson November 10th, 2015 You Just Don’t Understand This article was about the difference between how men and women perceive conversation. He opens up with a conversation that both parties took very differently than the other. He then goes on to explain more differences, such as status vs. support, independence vs. intimacy, advice vs. understanding, etc.

Socio-linguist Deborah Tannen illustrates that communication differences within men and women in “Sex, Lies and Conversation: Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other.” Tannen provides an anecdote to describe the same conversational problems that happen on married couples. Tannen states different communication styles of men and women cause misunderstanding or even ruin their marriage. Tannen also provides the solution of understanding “cross-cultural” differences can improve male and female relationship.

Tannen beliefs in her essay that the dissimilarities in early stage communication between the men and women makes communication as if it is a like “cross cultural communication”. The author describes about a video during her research regarding the conversations between men and women that, “their eyes anchored on each other's faces and they faced each other directly". On the other hand, for the males, she states, "they sat at angles to each other and looked elsewhere in the room, periodically glancing at each other". Tannen describes about the example of a boyfriend and girlfriend in which, whenever the girlfriend wanted to make a conversation with the boyfriend, he would lie on the ground, shut his eyes, and put his bicep on the face. The girlfriend clearly thought that he is taking a nap, but he actually was super attentive avoiding all the distractions by doing that.

“But What Do You Mean” Relating to Society The question, “why do men and women so often communicate badly, if at all?” Has influenced and motivated Tannen. In “But What Do You Mean” by Deborah Tannen, she discusses many areas of difficulty in communication between men and women. Tannen’s purpose was for her readers to understand the importance of communication, she also has identified several ways in which men and women miscommunicate, and she has taught her readers a few things about our society and how it can be improved.