Gender Differences in Communication
All of us have different styles of communicating with other people. Our style depends on a lot of things: Where we are from, how and where we were raised, our educational background, and our age. It also can depend on our gender. generally speaking, men and women talk differently, although there are varying degrees of masculine and feminine speech characteristics in each of us. But women do speak in very particular ways that are associated with gender.
Some researchers describe the styles that men and women use to communicate as the "debate vs. relate," "report vs. rapport ," or competitive vs, cooperative" (with the first term in each pair describing men).In other words, men often seek direct solutions to problems and useful advice. whereas women tend to try to establish intimacy by discussing problems and showing concern and empathy.