Gender___Differences.pptVIP

Gender Differences Universally, gender differences are being around us no matter whether we recognize or not. Gender Stereotype Gender stereotypes have a relatively fixed set of views for the psychological characteristics of men and women and the activities that they are engaged in. Male gender stereotypes masculine （阳刚的） independent （独立的） decisive （果断的） Female gender stereotypes tender（温柔的） depend（依赖的） obedience（顺从的） Gender Differences Seek help Communication Friendship Levels of abilities Compassion Competitive Job choices Mate Selection Women are more likely to seek help For example, more working women than men report feeling more stress, and suffering stress-induced headaches and sleep problems. But more men than women take sick days because of stress, according to a recent survey. Gender differences in communication Men often seek straightforward solutions to problems and useful advice whereas women tend to try and establish intimacy by discussing problems and showing concern and empathy in order to reinforce relationships . when women talk to each other they reveal a lot about their private lives. They also stick to one topic for a long time, let all speakers finish their sentences and try to have everyone participate. Men, on the other hand, rarely talked about their personal relationships and feelings but competed to prove themselves better informed about current affairs, travel, sport, etc.. The topics changed often and the men tried to over time, establish a reasonably stable hierarchy, with some men dominating conversation and others talking very little. Gender differences in friendship Women‘s friendships hang on shared intimacies while men’s friendships are made out by shared activities. More often than not(在很多情况下)，males see friendship as instrumental[功利的]，as an opportunity; and females tend to regard friendship as expressive, as a sweet responsibility. Complicated levels of abilities it is generally assumed that wom