Friday, June 25, 2010
*Do men and women use language differently?*
Yes, men and women certainly do use language differently. Both genders are built very differently and our minds focus on different things. For example, women are more visual and multi-taskers. While men are one track minded and focus on the today's result. While giving directions, women are most likely going to describe the streets store locations and/or the color of the houses. When men will describe more "army base", the streets names and the compass point. And of course the most talked about, "feelings"; women tend to be more sensitive and more in tuned with their feelings. While men tend to be more on the surface and are taught not to show emotion. They have emotion as well, though they are pushed away from showing "weakness" or tenderness. Therefore, we use language differently. Women will give a man hint after hint, beating around the bush and leaving the man guessing. But men are problem solvers and they first need to know the problem. So ladies, let's be easier on our men and speak their language; because they're not going to speak our language anytime soon.
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I enjoyed your last sentence haha, it is a true statement. I agree with you in the part that women will beat around the bush whereas men will get to the point. This is true with many things; with me personally it is with my story telling. I am a horrible storyteller, but than again so are many of my girlfriends. I will go on little tangents while telling a story, kind of getting away from the point, and than come back to the point. Both my dad and boyfriend seem to tune out the middle of most of my stories because they are aware I am not straight forward, but my girlfriends will actually listen to my tangents and than sympathize with me and my horrible story telling abilities. It amuses me on how different men and women use their language.
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