Gender Differences In Communication

Communication, for both men and women has significantly changed over the past decade. Many can agree, like myself, that gender plays no role when it comes to verbal, non verbal or even online communication. The way both female and male communicate are rather similar in today’s progressive society. We can see these changes in a classroom setting, in relationships and even on social media. When it comes to communication, everyone has a message they 'd like to be heard. For both male and female, that message is made clear in similar ways. In terms of orally speaking, such as in a classroom setting, women have now made themselves more outspoken and opinionated like many men. In “Women Talk Too Much” by Janet Holmes she says, “Classroom research …show more content…
Perhaps the way someone communicates has more to do with how and where they were raised and not on whether they are male or female. As Teri Kwal Gamble and Michael W.Gamble say in “Nonverbal Behavior: Culture, Gender, and the Media”, “Individuals who grow up in different cultures may display emotion or express intimacy in different ways”. When it comes to nonverbal communication, each individual is unique and expresses themselves differently. However as a nonverbal act becomes more widely known, thats when male and female distinguish who is more dominant in that act. For example, in many cultures when a male says hello to another male, they shake hands and maybe pat each other on the back, however when a female says hello to another female they tend to hug and maybe give kiss each other on the cheek. We do this because it is what we see and what we are taught to do, however this doesn’t apply to everyone. Both male and female are able to express both forms of these non verbal actions but they choose not to.In today’s society, non spoken communication plays a big role when conveying your message no matter what gender you are ; it just depends on the time, setting and relationship to another individual. For example, a woman who is about to be interviewed would not greet the interviewer with a hug, instead a handshake. A man who is about to greet his mom would not greet her with a handshake, instead a warm hug and a kiss on the cheek. An online article, “Communication between Men and Women” written by Rhonda H. Kelley, states, “Language and communication are considered learned behavior which develops through a combination of nature and nurture, genetic predisposition and environmental