Speech Traits: Men and Women Contain The Same Vocabulary

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The research I have collected shows that women do use the same dialect as men through social media and in conversation. Romaine says in her book Community Gender, that women use tag questions to be reassured about a statement, and men also use tag questions in discussion and on social media. Women are not the only sex that frequently uses emphasis to describe an item. Men correspondingly use adjectives to describe how they feel about clothing or certain situations. Being polite is not a trait that only women posses, but it is the way a person is raised that determines their politeness. Men and women communicate alike and there is not a difference between the genders communication.
Romaine’s article states that women use tag questions more than men in order to be reassured during a conversation with another person. The example she uses is, “That’s a beautiful picture, isn’t it” (Page 154). Both men and women use this statement. Men are just as likely to use a statement like this but in different context like “Isn’t that Liverpool jersey pretty cool?” The statement is the exact same as Romaine’s example, but just in different context. While in a conversation with my father over the past weekend he said, “Real Madrid is getting a new stadium. Pretty cool don’t you think?” My dad just wanted to make sure he was not the only person that thought the new stadium was architecturally modern and not a waste of money. My sister, Kara, was getting ready to go with her boyfriend and she asked, “These shoes match my skirt don’t they?” Kara wanted to make sure everything looked right just like my dad and his comment. Men do like to be reassured in certain situations just like women. For example men talk more about sports and women talk mor...

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...tion. It is portrayed by the media and television today that women who swear tend not to be lady like. It is consider when men swear it is just guys being guys. Politeness is not something one gender favors, but something both genders partake in.
Women and men talk just alike but their word choice is different. Asking a tag question to be reassured is sense of comfort that everyone likes to have in our judging society today. Emphasis isn’t something that only certain people do. If you are passionate about something in particular there will be a great deal of tone with it. Manners are demonstrated by both sexes and neither is more courteous than the other but on how a child is cared for. Women and Men speak very similarly and there is not a difference.

Works Cited

Romaine, Suzanne. Community Gender. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaun Associates, 1999. Pages 154-155

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