Thursday, October 1, 2009
Question 2 Men and Women
On the position that women and men use language differently, I totally 100% agree with that statement. I like the example in the book about three friends that are lost and the males refuse to stop and act for directions. I think if the woman wasn’t there they would stop and ask for directions. But men in the company of women sometimes have such an ego they can’t admit confusion. I do agree that women like to talk about feelings and emotion more than men. Men don’t like to like to discuss feelings with other men, but with women involved it’s another story. But one thing that both men and women don’t use the same language is when they are in a relationship. Both partners tell their friends about a certain argument or conversation and could have two totally perceptions of what just took place. With your friends they could agree you are in the right, but with her friends you are in the wrong. So, yes men and women use language differently.
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Orson, I like the concepts that you mentioned from the chapter. I think that it is true that men have a tendency to let their egos get in the way and want to do everything their own way. Women tend to be emotional, while men tend to want to fix problems and be logical. I can’t tell you how many times I have been emotional, where my boyfriend just wanted to “fix the problem”, but there was no problem that needed to be fixed I just needed to be emotional. I also like your observation that if an argument takes place, generally there are always two sides recounting two different ways things happened!
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