Language/Verbal Communication & Gender:
Language/Verbal Communication & Gender
Communication is something that goes on every day in which individuals exchange ideas whose meaning are influenced by the history of the relationship as well as the experience of those involved. Communication depends on the relationship between those who are conversing and on common occasions between them. Also, problems could arise in communication due to different ways in which people perceive ideas, perceptions, values as well as life expectations. In communication, I can say that men are from Mars while women can be suggested to come from Venus. This figure of speech depicts the mode of communication. Men believe that communication needs to have a clear purpose and straight to the point whereas women use communication to determine their feelings and what is contained in the person they are communicating with.
In communication, men and women use facial expression much. However, on the other hand, women are inclined to exercise eye contact when they are in communication with men. I think they do it due to their personality to be expressively linked. Also, women use facial expression to put across their mind-set. For example, Mayim Bialik wants people to stop calling women girls. In the conversation found in the video, you notice easily how she changes her facial expression when expressing the issue. She actually wants to tell people that she is humiliated to see people call women girls. She also uses body movement to express her ideas. She uses hands frequently and maintains eye contact with the camera to make sure the viewers get a better understanding of the talk. In her talk, one can note her language body is much different as compared to that of a man. Women typically work at a high concentration at the same time their faces are vigorous with different appearances where their hands are also in sync with their voice. Their hands and body move depending on the words spoken. For example, in her talk, she says “…when we use words to describe adult women that are typically used to describe children, it changes the way we view women, even unconsciously, so that we don't equate them with adult men.” From this talk in the video, one will be able to see that she uses both facial expressions; eyebrows are moving up and down, hands are in a move and maintain eye contact to the viewer. However, men are not conservative with facial expressions as well as body contacts that is why even in those people who present new on TV, you will find that many women tend to exercise much of facial expression as compared to men.
Gestures, as well as mannerism, are observed in the nonverbal communications. I notice that men depend more on the gestures that appear to be understandable and are more probable to express their actions by the use of their hands. I have done this research from different friends I tend to communicate with. Conversely, women tend to use more restrained as well as subtle in which they portray different gestures. I can say that both men and women can be convincing and appears to be more matched when they are in the middle of the conversation. For instance, nodding as a sign of agreement as well as having positive postures can make an individual have a feeling that you are listening to their conversation. Appearance is an essential aspect of communication to make it positive. Women recall the outlook of others better than men. Myim in the video is simple. She disserves the attention. One has to be pleasant when you want to make your talking pleasing. This is an essential part of nonverbal communication.
Mayim tries to protect her gender on age limits. She feels that it is unethical to call a woman girl. To her, it sounds like you are lowering the dignity of the women. Women have to remain as women and girls as girls. Myim portrays nonverbal communication aspect of the cluster. A cluster is a collection of similar movements that tends to strengthen a common point — for instance, head shake and even folding of the arms which is a sign of struggle. A regular gesture may send a message of casualness. Towards the end of the talks, Mayim bends her head on the right side and click sound is heard; this shows that she is contented and the point is approved. That is how she understands it. Nodding your head sideways implies that you are not supporting the matter at hand.
Furthermore, men pay more attention to the data transfer, for example, a figure, a fact as well as other objectives ideas. In contrast, women try to use different commutations or talks as a means of enhancing their relationship "Report vs. Rapport" are good descriptions for men and women. Shaking of the head is a trait that women may portray to show that they are listening. Men, on the other hand, have habits; however, rather than shaking their head, they normally change the side of thought.
During our childhood life, we were taught that men desire more personal space, it is normal to touch one another when engaged in the playful moment incline moving around most of the time when they are painful with an issue. Women, on the other hand, tend to recollect their body to face the next individual employ more gestures and even sit still. Further, women have portrayed to be more fluid in how they present their gestures while men have to be observed to have sharp and direct movements. Also, women have different postures as well. For instance, they will have to keep their arms closer to their bodies as well as across their legs. Men usually have wider postures which also make them stand with their arms further from their body and also spread their legs apart. This aspect indicates that the body languages of men as well as women are different and can make communication between them about confusing.
In conclusion, I cannot deny the fact that women and men communicate differently. It is also evident from how Mayim tried to communicate in the video to portray how women should never be called girls in whatever circumstance. Girls to be called girls while women to be called women. Her communication styles depict how women communicate in a social environment. Also, several of the communication takes places in nonverbal communication as discussed earlier. Women are most likely to make use of nonverbal communication to establish and uphold their relationship. They rely on nodding to show that they are listening and use direct physical contact to build the relationship and rapport. Finally, men though are likely to shake or nod their head as a sign of agreement, they use physical contact to show aggression and may also be inclined to interpret physical contacts the same as women.
Works Cited
Heller, C. "Mayim Bialik Wants People to Stop Calling Women ''Girls''." E! Online, 24 Mar. 2017, www.eonline.com/news/838556/mayim-bialik-wants-people-to-stop-calling-women-girls-it-s-up-to-us-to-change-this-narrative.
Markowicz, K. "No, the Word ‘girl’ is Not Anti-woman." New York Post, 9 Apr. 2017, nypost.com/2017/04/09/no-the-word-girl-is-not-an-anti-woman/.