Battle of the Sexes

Men and women definitely use language differently. So much so that many languages have gender based usages of different words or different words depending on whether or not men are speaking to men, women are speaking to women, or male and female interactions. While English has evolved to be a much more gender neutral language, we still have a few words that are gender specific in use.

 

Statistically it has also been proven that women use up to four times as many words as men throughout the day. When you consider how amazing it is that you can have a man and a woman telling the same story, and the verbiage, expressions, and even gestures will differ considerably. Women tend to be much more interactive when speaking to each other than men. This tends to make women better listeners as well.

 

The differences between the way that men and women use language really isn’t that surprising when we consider many of the other differences between the sexes. I personally think that the differences and the study of them can help us to enhance our understanding of our language, society, and culture.