WHY

[Fin-S-Fish]

Yes, very true. Gendered communication styles. Ah, my area of expertise. Folks who have a masculine style of speech engage in what communication theory describes as "report talk." The central characteristic of masculine speech that it is instrumental, task oriented, focuses on getting things done. And of course, masculine speech is very direct, and competitive in nature since an additional characteristic of masculine speaking is that it is information and competence based. Masculine speakers want to demonstrate that they know more about a given topic than everyone else. They want to be "regular original know it alls." In contrast communicators who have a more feminine style engage in "rapport talk." Feminine communicators are more empathetic and supportive of other people. The central characteristic of feminine speech is that it focuses on maintaining postive interpersonal relationships between people. Importantly one's style of communication is not necessary based on sex, so although most guys are masculine not all men necessarily are. Sex is a biological characteristic whereas gender is a cultural construct.....an idea or norm created by humans.