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GENDER & COMMUNICATION By Sheila Ritter
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WHAT IS GENDER? Gender Roles Masculinity Femininity Androgyny Sex Biologically female Biologically male Sexual Orientation Heterosexual Homosexual Bisexual Asexual (Floyd, 2009, p. 56)
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Gender Roles & Sex Not one in the same Sex is biological Gender roles are what society wants us to fit into. (Floyd, 2009, p. 56)
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Fitting into Gender Roles Delicate Fragile Homemaker Mother Cooking and cleaning http://youtu.be/qVgHr V9H-8k http://youtu.be/qVgHr V9H-8k Rough and tough Strong Breadwinner Guns Sports http://youtu.be/lx5qC UB1fEw http://youtu.be/lx5qC UB1fEw Feminine (girls)Masculine (boys)
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Starting Young Girls and boys are treated differently to help fit into gender roles. Starts in the hospital. Baby girl = pink Baby boy = blue
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Coaching Study Study occurred at Southwestern University. Sixty undergraduate students participated (30 men, 30 women) ages 18-23 Read fictional half time speeches given by high school coaches. Half speeches contained expletives. Half were given to female teams, half to male teams. Participants rated the effectiveness of the speech on a 7- point scale. ( Howell & Giuliano, 2011)
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Coaching Study Result When speech contained expletives, male participants found less effective when directed at a female team. Men found expletive use to be more inappropriate when directed at female players. Women’s perceptions are not affected by gender of players. Cursing behavior perceived differently by men and women. (Howell & Giuliano, 2011)
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Women Expressive talk: express emotions and build relationships. Intimacy Closeness (Floyd, 2011, p. 67)
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Men Instrumental talk: convey information. Solve problems Accomplish things (Floyd, 2011, p. 67)
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Power Struggle More powerful speech Directive Less powerful speech More attentive to others Seeks validations menwomen (Floyd, 2011)
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Emotional Availability (Toddler Study) Mother- toddler and father- toddler dyads from 113 families. California’s Central Valley Mother’s ages 19 to 44 years Father’s ages 21 to 50 Mother and fathers filled out questionnaires and were observed and videotaped with children separately. Rated on scale of parent sensitivity, structuring, nonintrusiveness and nonhostility. Rated on child responsiveness and involvement. (Lovas, 2005)
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Toddler Study Results In all variables, mother daughter dyads did the best, with mother son close behind. Sensitivity Mother daughter rated the highest Mother son rated second Father daughter rated third Father son rated the lowest Both mothers and fathers are more sensitive with daughters. (Lovas, 2005)
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The Power of “I” Men use more “I” statements Women use more “we” and “they” statements (Floyd, 2009, p.71)
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Meet in the Middle? Masculine and feminine are good in different ways Meet in the middle Embrace both
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