Males vs. Females: A Communication Showdown
Countless studies have been devoted to finding out the differences between male’s and female’s communication strategies. While researching for this assignment I read 10 different, eloquently written (although a bit wordy), articles on gender and communication. With this research, I have reached a very simple conclusion. No one knows anything! Ok, this might be slightly harsh, since there was some consistency, yet most of the articles that I read were definitely biased in one way or the other. I tried to even out my research by splitting my research to both male and female scholars, yet sexism was almost always present. So instead of relying on other people’s research and articles, I decided to do a little study on my own.
I decided to read the blogs of other students taking this class. Since our section has only two girls, I read two other girls’ blogs in the other section. After reading a sample from 4 females’ and 4 males’ blogs, I came to yet another simple conclusion. Most of the stereotypes are correct! As I was taking notes while reading, I noticed that the female bloggers seemed to tackle the assignments in a more serious, realistic manner. The male bloggers take a more sarcastic approach. This was not always the case, but it was definitely the popular trend.
On September 26th of this year, I was enrolled in the most intense gender communication seminar of my life. Yes, this means I got married. In my personal life research, I’ve noticed that men and women definitely communicate differently. My wife is more concerned with details, and is a more emotional communicator, while I am more to the point and less personable.
Men and women are very different communicators, and I’m not sure that anyone will ever crack the code and understand exactly how both sexes work.