Analysis Of Men Come From Mars, Women Came From Venus

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“Men come from Mars, Women came from Venus”. Is this quote true? Males and Females have a lot in common, but they are definitely not identical. They are different in many ways, one of them being the language used in face-to-face interaction. Men and Women have very different traits, which separate them from one another such as how assertive they are in conversations, their choice of vocabulary when speaking, and also how talkative they are. In this essay, I will seek to examine and explain the reasons behind these differences and critically analyse how they relate to my society. Firstly, women talk more about their private lives, whereas men hardly do so. In a book published by Adelaide Haas, she described men being “more loquacious and directive”, while women are “more supportive, polite and expressive” (Adelaide Haas, 1979). Also, Audrey Nelson explains that males and females tend to converse about different topics, claiming that Men prefer to converse about sports, finances, and work, while Women prefer to talk about their home, family and children (Audrey Nelson, 2014). In Jessica Butler’s research paper, she describes a scenario of a two-parent family having a meal. The fathers “rarely shared happenings from their life with their children or partners”, while the …show more content…

In Jessica Butler’s Paper, she claims that Women have a greater usage of Standard English and have greater “linguistic variability” as compared to Men (Jessica Wren Butler, 2009). This phenomenon could be due to the ‘status-consciousness’ of women. Thus, this spurs women to use more standard and formal English in order to obtain a higher societal status (Holmes, 1998). Due to the societal norms being placed on women, it may seem ‘unladylike’ for a woman to use informal language such as profanities as she may be seen to be transgressing the social norms that are expected of women (Butler,

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