Gender talk

Throughout the course of the weekend observed after thursday's class I can hardly say that I participated or observed any group large enough to notice distinctions in gender role through communication. Although on Sunday I hung out with a few of my friends with whom the gender was equally mixed amongst each other. What I found most interesting about this paritcular interaction was that we all shared conversation and somewhat like the single-gender groups in class worked off of one another respectfully. These were my good friends though and we cursed and talked to each other in a manner in which one might label inappropriate. The females were as equally hateful and vulgar as the males and I thought this was funny because after reading through some of the blog post I noticed roles in which individuals predominantly followed; Men spoke amongst themselves somewhat harshly and in a way that denoted masculinity; females were hyper, supportive and interacted postiviely amongst one another; mixed gender groups seemed to have conversations that were more or less abstract, movies, nails, weekend plans...abstract in the sense that they played these roles to conform or feel more comfortable in these environments. I confine myself to these particular instances as often as they arise as much as Id like to maintain a consistent personality. Ill talk and listen in all conbinations of groups; I might not feel as comfortable in some but nontheless I find myself conforming to the norms of what my role is in that situation. This though is very broad, the workplace, school, at home, at the grocery store, etc. all of these settings ask for different types of discourse and whether or not the groups are mixed your stuck with the overwhelming concept of distinctions amongst what might be thought appropriate or not. Men and Women speak differently amongst themselves and together. It interesting how we have these boundaries of dialogue and conversation in each context.