Language & Gender
There are differences between women and men to communicate using language in the society. According to Deborah Cameron, a professor at Worcester College in University of Oxford, the sexes (female and male) communicate differently because of the way their brain. In her book The Myth of Mars and Venus 2007, she said that the female brain excels in verbal tasks whereas the male brain is better adapted to visual-spatial and mathematic tasks. Women like to talk; men prefer action than words.
The proposition that men and women communicate differently is particularly uncontroversial, with clichés such as “men never listen” and “women find it easier to talk about their feelings” referenced constantly in everything from women’s magazines to humorous greeting cards.
Someone else who thinks men and women are naturally suited to different kinds of work is Simon Baron Cohen, a professor of Development Psychopathology at University of Cambridge. In the essential difference he offers the following “Scientific” careers advice : “People with the female brain make the most wonderful counselors, primary school teachers, nurses, cares, therapists, social workers, mediators, group facilitators or personnel staff. People with the male brain make the most wonderful scientists, engineers, mechanics, technicians, musicians, architects, electricians, plumbers, taxonomists, catalogists, bankers, toolmakers, programmers, or even lawyers.”
In the book “The Myth of Mars and Venus” claims :
1. Language and communication matter more to women than men; women talk more than men
2. Women are more verbally skilled than men
3. Men’s goal in using language tend to be about getting things done, whereas women’s tend to be about making connections to other people. Men talk more about things and facts, whereas women talk more about people, relationship and feelings.
4. Men’s way of using language is competitive, reflecting their general interest in acquiring and maintaining status; women’s use of language is cooperative, reflecting their preference for equality and harmony.
Deborah Tannen, 1990. You Just Don’t Understand : Women and Men in Conversation, claims :
- Women speak a language of connection and intimacy
- Men speak a language of status and independence
There are differences between women and men to communicate using language in the society. According to Deborah Cameron, a professor at Worcester College in University of Oxford, the sexes (female and male) communicate differently because of the way their brain. In her book The Myth of Mars and Venus 2007, she said that the female brain excels in verbal tasks whereas the male brain is better adapted to visual-spatial and mathematic tasks. Women like to talk; men prefer action than words.
The proposition that men and women communicate differently is particularly uncontroversial, with clichés such as “men never listen” and “women find it easier to talk about their feelings” referenced constantly in everything from women’s magazines to humorous greeting cards.
Someone else who thinks men and women are naturally suited to different kinds of work is Simon Baron Cohen, a professor of Development Psychopathology at University of Cambridge. In the essential difference he offers the following “Scientific” careers advice : “People with the female brain make the most wonderful counselors, primary school teachers, nurses, cares, therapists, social workers, mediators, group facilitators or personnel staff. People with the male brain make the most wonderful scientists, engineers, mechanics, technicians, musicians, architects, electricians, plumbers, taxonomists, catalogists, bankers, toolmakers, programmers, or even lawyers.”
In the book “The Myth of Mars and Venus” claims :
1. Language and communication matter more to women than men; women talk more than men
2. Women are more verbally skilled than men
3. Men’s goal in using language tend to be about getting things done, whereas women’s tend to be about making connections to other people. Men talk more about things and facts, whereas women talk more about people, relationship and feelings.
4. Men’s way of using language is competitive, reflecting their general interest in acquiring and maintaining status; women’s use of language is cooperative, reflecting their preference for equality and harmony.
Deborah Tannen, 1990. You Just Don’t Understand : Women and Men in Conversation, claims :
- Women speak a language of connection and intimacy
- Men speak a language of status and independence
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