Gender Communication Styles

Gender Differences in Communication Styles Communication is an interaction of two or more peoples where they exchange thought or information with each other. It is also a way of understanding the emotion and intention behind that information. “Basically there are four purposes of communication: inform, convey goodwill, establish credibility and persuade and influence” (Walker, 2015). It can either be in verbal or non-verbal form. Verbal communication includes language and the non-verbal communication includes; gesture, eye contact, expressions etc. As a human being, our means of communication is mostly language or expression through body language. Although we are all humans, we each have different way of communication. Normally, gender plays

The way males view the purpose of the communication is different than the way females view it. It is because the socialization process of both genders is different. “There are different factors of socialization process such as school, family, friend, work and every organization that gathers people” (Eleaume, 2012). As there is different expectation from males and females so there are certain norms the society has set for them. From the childhood, we are taught gendered cultural norms and practices through everyday interactions. Children’s play with toys according to the gender and they develop similar kind of pattern of behavior. Boy are given to play with cars, football, video games etc and the girls are given to play with dolls, little kitchen etc. Males are expected to be precise, challenge others, take center stage and not express their emotion, while females are expected not to show off and be emotional. “The process of socialization is a factor that shows the expectations of the society towards men and women, and the ideas that it conveys during the childhood of each individual determine its own future expectations of him, and of the others” (Eleaume,

“Masculine and feminine language differs in various ways. Feminine language emphasizes rapport and relationships, while masculine speech focuses on reporting, accomplishing tasks, and controlling situations” (Walker, 2015). Among the various styles of leadership approaches, researchers most commonly make a distinction between two approaches: task-oriented style and people-oriented style. Task-oriented style focuses on production (directing, assigning task, focusing in initiating structure) and people-oriented style focuses on relationship (support, communication, active interaction). Males are more direct in decision-making and autocratic so they only take little consideration of others. “Females are succeeding because they possess soft skills that include “the ability to communicate, the ability to motivate, the ability to lead and delegate and the ability to negotiate” (Barrett & Davidson, 2006). “ Female leaders exhibit high level of transformational leadership than male counterparts. The emphasis of the transformational leader on mentoring, empowering and encouraging subordinates reflects greater communality compared to the male counterpart, who relies on transactional leadership: enforcing authority through reward and punishment of subordinates” (Barrett & Davidson,