The articles “His Talk, Her Talk” by Joyce Maynard and “Man to Man, Woman to Woman” by Mark A. Sherman and Adelaide Haas, are pieces of writing which discuss the similarities and differences in conversation between male and female. In general, I believe communication between both sexes is very important because it is the way our thoughts and feelings are considered by another person. It’s very obvious that in order to maintain any type of relationship there must be communication, but as simple as it sounds, the sexes don’t think, feel, talk about the same things, or act the same way. Therefore, there are a lot of problems in getting our message across, and that is why we seek conversations with the same sex. The authors provide an accurate assessment of the differences in functions, but when it comes to styles and topics in a conversation I agree to a certain extent.
When it comes to the function of a conversation, men are much more practical, while women are more understanding. According to Sherman and Haas women are a “major source of …show more content…
In the article “His talk, Her talk” Joyce Maynard shares her husband’s way of telling a story, “tells a story, the point is, as a rule, the ending, and getting there by the most direct route.”(28). Men tell stories fast-paced, they go straight to the point, no non-stops, loops, or circles. She uses her husband as an example to prove that men are direct, when he speaks to his brother on the phone for 20 minutes and at the end of the call, he summarizes his talk in one sentence to her. But Joyce Maynard, “on the other hand, may take three quarters of an hour describing some figure of my past while he waits...for the point to emerge.”(28). I honestly prefer fast-paced conversations, I don’t think that the subject or topic being focused on should take 45 minutes or a whole hour of discussion, the simpler, the faster, the
When it comes to the function of a conversation, men are much more practical, while women are more understanding. According to Sherman and Haas women are a “major source of …show more content…
In the article “His talk, Her talk” Joyce Maynard shares her husband’s way of telling a story, “tells a story, the point is, as a rule, the ending, and getting there by the most direct route.”(28). Men tell stories fast-paced, they go straight to the point, no non-stops, loops, or circles. She uses her husband as an example to prove that men are direct, when he speaks to his brother on the phone for 20 minutes and at the end of the call, he summarizes his talk in one sentence to her. But Joyce Maynard, “on the other hand, may take three quarters of an hour describing some figure of my past while he waits...for the point to emerge.”(28). I honestly prefer fast-paced conversations, I don’t think that the subject or topic being focused on should take 45 minutes or a whole hour of discussion, the simpler, the faster, the