3. In general, men have nearly 6.5
times the amount of gray matter
related to general intelligence
compared with women, whereas
women have nearly 10 times the
amount of white matter related to
intelligence compared to men. The
brain is made primarily of two
different types of tissue, called gray
matter and white matter. Men think
more with their gray matter, and
women think more with white. But
just because the two sexes think
differently, this does not affect
intellectual performance- Richard
Haier, Psychology professor at the
University of California. (1)
4. Genderlect: That masculine and feminine
styles of discourse are best viewed as two
distinct cultural dialects rather than as
inferior or superior ways of speaking.
Deborah Tannen - cross-cultural
communication
5. Females: Males:
+ Ability to read body + Physical presence.
language and pick up + Direct and to-the-point
nonverbal cues. interactions.
+ Good listening skills. + Body language
+ Effective display of signals of power
empathy. - Overly blunt and
- Overly emotional. direct.
- Meandering - won't get - Insensitive to audience
to the point. reactions.
- Not authoritative. - Too confident in own
opinion.
6.
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differently.html, March 30, 2012. Or also NeuroImage-Journal
N.A. Culture Gender. Oregon State.http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/comm321/gwalker/Culture-Gender.htm. March 30, 2012.
Goman, Carol. Men and Women and Workplace Communication. Businessanalysistimes. http://www.batimes.com/articles/men-
and-women-and-workplace-communication.html. 30 March 2012.
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