Gender Communication and Stereotypes

The assignment discusses gender differences in communication, highlighting how social norms and expectations influence masculine and feminine roles. It explores how men are more emotionally restrictive and dominant in conversation, while women are more supportive and focused on connection. The BuzzFeed videos provided illustrate these differences, but also perpetuate gender stereotypes. The article 'Why Marketers Fear The Female Geek' is discussed, revealing how marketing creates artificial segregation of products for men and women, leading to a division into separate spheres.

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Gender Communication
Gender is constructed with the socialization and reflects the expectations of the gender
roles in particular culture. The understanding what is masculine and what is feminine is
influenced by the communication with others. Thus, the researchers differently evaluate of the
extent of gender variations and its significance in the communications. However, it is clear the
due to the social norms the communication of women and man varies.
From the gender difference perspective, men are more emotionally restrictive while
women are more supportive in time of stress (textbook 84). Additionally, the studies show that
men tend to interrupt more and dominate in the conversation in the variety of settings. According
to style different perspective, men see the conversation as a contest and opportunity to gain the
status ( textbook 89). Deborah Tannen distinguished two dimensions of conversation: style and
connection. The style based on hierarchy, the connection is non hierarchical. Therefore, men
focus more on status and women on the connection. Because historically, women were in the
subordinate position and men in dominant, the male style of communication is affirmative, and

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women's is more subtle. The BuzzFeed Videos provide the illustration of the differences in the
communication of men and women, however, they also portray gender stereotypes. For instance,
the video If Men Were Women implies that men often are free to express openly their sex interest
and ridicules way it usually happens. However, the video also affirms the stereotype that women
are interested only in a beauty magazine and rarely love marvel while it does not correspond the
reality. Furthermore, Day In The Life: A Man vs A Woman has a scene that shows the difference
in the negotiation in the work between men and women. In the video, the man directly asks for
the copies, and woman apologizes for it a couple of times. The whole video If Men Were Honest
When Hitting On Women is dedicated to the expectation that men have to initiate the discussion.
However, it also poses all men as liars which are rather biased.
To sum up, the gender difference in the communication is a result of gender
construction in the society. The article Why Marketers Fear The Female Geek unveils how
marketing creates artificial segregation of the products for men and women. Pinkification is a
way to secure profits for the companies that results in gender division into separate spheres,
which is believed to be inborn. The BuzzFeed Videos ridicules this division into the male and
females styles, however, it also affirms the stereotypes about the tastes and preference of women
and men.

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Works Cited
Anhut, Anjin. "Why Marketers Fear The Female Geek". How to not suck at game design. N.p.,
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"Day In The Life: A Man Vs A Woman". YouTube. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 July 2016.
"If Geek Girls Acted Like Geek Guys". YouTube. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 July 2016.
"If Girl Bffs Acted Like Guy Bffs". YouTube. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 July 2016.
"If Men Were Honest When Hitting On Women". YouTube. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 July 2016.
"If Men Were Women". YouTube. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 July 2016.
"If Women's Roles In Movies Were Played By Men". YouTube. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 July 2016.