Sunday, March 30, 2008
Gender and Language
From what I have observed, men and women communicate differently in different situations, and they seem to follow the patterns mentioned in the readings. In my classes, I notice that it is usually the boys who speak out in class. In general, they tend to participate more in class are be louder in their responses than the girls are. When girls respond, they tend to be kind of hesitant and quiet, while boys seem more sure of themselves. I also found it interesting that the boys seem to joke around and make funny comments in class, while girls almost never do. It is weird to think about how girls get such a reputation for talking all the time, and then to see that it is quite the opposite is surprising.
Yeah that's kinda funny how guys seem to talk more in classroom settings and even make more jokes. I wonder how a group would respond if it just randomly changed one day, and the girls were the noisy ones and made all the jokes.
ReplyDeleteI have never noticed that the men in the class tend to do a lot of the talking, and joking around with each other until in class.
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