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October 04, 2005
Women and Men
The tannen article had a lot of answers to assumptions that most people have about men and women in a business environment. We always hear about incidences were there are women who feel as though they need to be represented in court, because they think that they have not been properly acknowledged by their male counterparts in the workplace.
The communication between men and women does have a lot to do with how men and women are raised differently. Women are raised in a more nurturing environment where competition is not as respected and giving praise to someone is something that is rewarded. Men are the complete opposite where they enjoy competition and learn not to be put down by others but to take control in a situation. I think that this does affect men and women when they are interacting with each other.
I think that all we have to do is try to think of other ways of communication that don't always have to do with trying to find better ideas than someone else or trying to be better than someone else. There is a time to give complements to someone, give structured criticism to someone, or step up the pace by coming forth with a good idea about something. In order to change this men and women should just try to get out of their comfort zone and try to communicate in a different way. Although to avoid being too aggressive, people should judge the reactions of the person that they're communicating with and know when they should step back. Communication can involve so many situations, and everyone has there own way and right to communicate in a particular way.
--Yasmin
Posted by lcisperez at October 4, 2005 09:49 PM
Comments
I think that is good proposal to solving the communication gap between some men and women. One must judge by another's reactions just what kind of communicator they are dealing with and adjust their use of language appropriately so as to not offend anyone. If everyone could make an effort to do this, I think we would see fewer confrontations between the different kinds of communicators. Nice work Yasmin!
Posted by: Brenna S. at October 5, 2005 04:12 PM