gender and communications.pptVIP

Gender and communicationin Britain Gender exerts a powerful influence on all facets of human communication and raises many profound social issues. Males: man will use very standard tones to express themselves clearly. Females: woman tends to rise and fall their tones to express themselves vividly grammar Females frequently use “what” and “how” –exclamatory sentences or interrogative sentences in everyday communications However, Males follow the regular grammar rules Expressions Females is the master of euphemism in expressing anger or other negative feelings On the contrary, men are definitely tending to be straight. For example: to express anger Female: Oh, my god. Goodness male: shit ,fuck, piss, dam, hell, SOB etc. Discourse Quantity In every day life: women are more talkative ,while men usually remain silent. In special occasions; say，a foreign affair men are the main talking machine. Reasons: female gains the process of speaking earlier than male does in their infantry. But male develops their logic faster. Topics Males: economics, politics, competitions and sports --------- serious topics Females: feelings, family, children and couples --------free topics * Gender and communication in Britain 王琦 Q: How does our gender affect us in everyday interactions? Q: Are we treated differently because we are male or female? Gender and communication in Britain Tones Grammar Expressions Discourse Quantity Topics 视频 Tones *