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“If you only knew…” Differences in Gender Communication

Written by Terri Reddout

Do men and women communicate differently?

YES, THEY DO!

Experts researched how men and women communicate and found there are many differences between the genders.  Now, these differences don’t apply to everyone but they do represents some generalities in the way each gender approaches communication.

Our friends from the TV show Friends give us an excellent example.  (Watch the video. It’s only 1:02. It will make the rest of this blog easier to understand.)

As Phoebe, Rachel and Monica demonstrated, females tend to focus on details, the emotions, the thought process.  As Chandler, Joey and Ross showed us, males tend to focus on facts.  It’s just one of the many differences in gender communication styles.

Understanding these differences will make communicating with the opposite gender a lot easier and more effective (and make you popular with the other gender.)  Continue reading “If you only knew…” Differences in Gender Communication