Gender Communication Differences

It is interesting to think how gender roles we have been taught since
birth and conformed to throughout our lives play such a large role in
our communication styles. There are many stereotypes about men and
women but when it comes to those about communication, most of them
seem to be true. As the book says, men tend to communicate on the
basis of individual achievement where women communicate on a more
intimate level.

I didn't have to read about differences in gender communication to
know it exists because I have experienced plenty of it in my life. I
have noticed such differences in my communicative relationships with
the women in my life such as my mom and best friends versus the men in
my life like my dad and my boyfriend. Although I love them all
equally, I very much prefer the conversations I have with the women. I
love to talk and could do it all day so when my girlfriends and I get
together it's endless conversations while we dissect every detail of
our lives. Commilunicating with men is much less interesting -- there
are fewer words exchanged and only topics that are most important is
what's talked about.