Differences In Gender Communication

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All of us have different styles of communicating with other people. Our style depends on a lot of things: where we’re from, how and where we were brought up, our educational background, our age, and it also can depend on our gender. Generally speaking, men and women talk differently even though there are varying degrees of masculine and feminine speech characteristics in each of us. In association with their own genders, men and women, tend to speak in ways that reflect common characteristics of their own sex. In the workplace today, as it has always been, communication has remained a key ingredient to running and maintaining a successful organization. However, with the changing times since women have become able to complete tasks at the same level and efficiency of men, controversy has arisen, and now more than even it is imperative that communication remain a solid foundation and characteristic of both genders.
Differences in communication are the results of many varying factors. The two genders have dissimilar goals and attitudes when communicating. Women on one hand want to achieve status, and avoid failure. In order to do so they pursue them in a semblance of connection. Men, on the other hand want to achieve involvement and avoid isolation, and pursue them in an appearance of opposition.
Two disparate lenses are created from the differing perceptions of the male and female. One the connection lens and the other the status lens. Women are the connection lens because they tend to look for similarities to achieve connection, and equality. The males in opposition portray the status lens because it is they who look for differences to achieve status. From childhood on, boys and men try to “one up” each other. Their actions can lead to stronger personalities. Those who like to give orders and be leaders achieve the higher status, and the weaker personalities are those who accept the orders, are subordinate, and therefore receiv...