The thesis is, “More men ask. The women just don’t ask.” (Linda Babcock, Sara Laschever, Women Don’t Ask). The title of the text is “Women Don’t Ask”, which directly correlates with the thesis and topic; which is that women do not ask for certain permissions and promotions as often as men do. There is a lot of evidence present in the text regarding the thesis. Several studies were conducted by Linda Babcock to prove that the thesis she included was correct.
The article: “Gendered Media: The influence of Media on Views of Gender” by Julia T. Wood affirms that media expresses the illustrations of sexes and these are distorted and stereotypical. In the other hand, contemporary media has been changing quite considerably by portraying equal rols for men and women (Gauntlett 57). In the movie The Persuit of Happyness (2006) the main character Chris Garner, clearly portrayed both traditional and contemporary messages by being emotionally vulnerable man in many aspects of his life but keeping some traditional roles. There are still social expectations that guide the idea of what it means to be a men or a women inside the movie leading more so to a contemporary perspective but also showing traditional behaviors. “Gender roles became incresingly equal and non-streotyped” (Gauntlett 58).
She stated that “Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book Divorce Talk that most of the women she interviewed---but only a few of the men ----gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces”(par.3). This means that women values having conversation with their husbands at home, and not getting this personal digest with their men has been the most factor in the increase of broken marriages in our community. She further explains some of these problems between genders. She said women expect men to be there best friends and confidant when it comes to sharing their feelings at home while men embraces silence because they don’t know what kind of word they want to hear and won’t cause conflict. Women in their understanding tend to assume that men are not listening to them when men are looking into distance when conversing whereas men are listening.
Recommendation Different genders clash with obscure communication styles while misunderstandings are built up more and more as pressure suppresses the imminent chaos between spouses. Males and females have a linguistic style that they speak to their same kind but creating clashes when speaking to the other sex. When taking marriage classes and improving relationships there are articles such as “His Talk, Her Talk” by Joyce Maynard and “Man to Man, Woman to Woman” by Mark A. Sherman and Adelaide Haas both discuss about the difference of language males and females talk rather than when the same gender communicates. Although Maynard focuses using pathos in her article to connect to the readers with emotion, however Sherman and Haas use a more
She is the author of many famous books about relationship and communication, yet her “You Just Don’t Understand” book demonstrates most significant aspects about this issue. Especially of the chapter 5: “Lecturing vs. Listening”, Tannen indicates how men and women have certain different patterns to approach and serve a conversation. Women, tired of being lecturing by men, are now striking against men to blame them as the primary cause to women’s pressure, confusion, and anxiety. On the other hand, men claim to validate their right to conduct a conversation the way they want because they think women are likely the one who talks more, are repetitive, and offer less important topics. In the end, all argues are made by both sides turn out to be true in different aspects; neither side is absolute right or wrong.
Case Study of Dating Integrity in Single Females Critical Thinking Research A topic I think many women don’t like to touch is Dating Integrity. The reason why I think this is because the lack of articles written in terms for just women. You can find Dating Integrity articles all day for men, but I had only found one to be creditable enough to use in my report. In this one article that I was able to find mentions that the third date is the icebreaker for important information such as STDs, personal hygiene habits, secret significant others, family backgrounds and real age. (Hannah, Selingson, 2010).
In Deborah Tannen's article Sex, Lies, and Conversation it is discussed the differences between the way men and woman communicate; moreover, it brings to light these differences and by doing so hoping to improve the quality of conversation between a man and a woman. By knowing these differences we can see the opposite gender's point of view to better our communication. Three points that are made in Tannen's article that can be used to improve the quality of conversation is the difference in how groups are formed with men and women, the differences in physical/topical alignment and how our bodies speak when conversing with someone of the same sex. Women maintain friendships by conversing; talking about feelings, supporting each other if something goes wrong. This creates a very intimate relationship between women, making their groups very tightly knit.
In other words, how are gender relations demonstrated? Is there a distinction between the way the female and male characters are expected to behave? Is this an unapologetically “man’s world”? • Of course there is a different between the two genders which are men and women. One of the biggest different is that women think about the life stuff emotionally more than men and they worried about the look and behaviors.
This in turn may cause men to give women a deaf ear during communication due to them losing interest in the woman's long and expansive nature. In “His Talk, Her Talk," by Joyce Maynard, the problems of male and female communication are discussed by stating some of the authors own personal experiences in her life. She also discusses how men and women like to talk about different topics and the reasons why they are drawn into same sex conversations. She points out that she does not believe that men are smarter or more high minded than women but that there is such thing as “men’s talk” or “women’s talk” and that we naturally seek out company of ones own sex. She goes on to say how when she was attending a party she noticed all the women were in one room and all the men in another.
Differences in Nonverbal Communication Between Women and Men Courtney Elaine McDaniel Miles College Abstract How do men and women communicate differently using body language, and why does it matter (in dating, the workplace, and social circles)? A lot of attention has been dedicated to the thought that women and men communicate very differently from one another. In this paper I am going to discuss the gender differences in communications between the opposite sexes. Many believe that gender plays a major role in communication but in all reality, that isn’t the case. Several factors play a part in how someone communicates with another person regardless of their sex.