Sunday, April 20, 2008

Gender speak

WoMEN :

  • Women wait their turn to speak so talk talk can be shared among equals.
  • Women ask questions to invite others into the conversation and show interest in others ideas.
  • Women establish more eye contact.Women use facial expressions, fewer gestures to convey emotions.
  • Women touch others less, value touch more and are touched more by others.Women are more sensitive to expressions

For example : They are quicker to note even the twitch of an eyebrow.



Men :
  • Men interrupt or speak over others to assert themselves and their role.
  • Men establish less eye contact.Men use fewer facial expressions to convey emotions.
  • Men rely on more open emotions such as no crossed legs or arms.Men use more gestures of body in reacting to some one or something.
  • Men touch others more, value touch less and are touched less by others.
  • Men use More non-verbal cues of power or status to indicate a degree of influence of control.
    Men are better at map reading.

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