For many years people believe that women and men have different ways of speaking , and for this particular blog I will talk about the way they use their emotions when they want to talk about a particular subject. Take in consideration that no particular background or culture would be used for this comparison only the way they choose to speak.
For many years now women are seeing as more delicate and fragile than men, but let's put away the physical appearances. When women talk about a certain thing they tend to actually show "delicate and fragile" in example :
"oh dear!" or "darn" while men use stronger ones like "dammit" or "Oh shit!"
(lackoff)
these words are used to show a certain emotion when one has to dscrib their emotions, woman show more tranquility while man show and aggressive and more violent reaction. Women are often seen as more imtellegent than men not only because its been scientifically proven but because it also has to do alot with the way they use pathos when talking to people, they dont only show that they are aware of what they are saying but they are more passive in the words they have chosen to say. It might becaus men are seying as "stronger" but women when trying to show their emotions to strangers persay use specialized vocabulary, where men dont do that they try to be more of speaking what they think. Women use pathos more in conversations than men in general.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
15 comments:
Hello Jennifer,
As I was reading your blog I felt that most of the things you said i agree upon. I agree that women are more fragile and more conservative than men becasue that is just how it has been sicne ancient Mesopotamia. Women have always been calm and very emotionally interactive whereas men have always been aggresive and brutal.
There have been many examples in history when men have been seen like this. A great example would be the actions that Achillies took in the novel the Illiad. There has been many examples of men acting brutual and agressive that listinmg individually will take time and pages. Nevertheless, as we all knoe by scientific research that women interaction with society is more calm than men's; however, that doesn't mean that all women are liek that or all men are like that.
Overall, I think you should include more examples and really show how the pathos in gender varies.
Last but not least, I do have to agree that women look very intelligent, but sadly this is a man governed society and no matter how intelligent a woman may be. Gender always splits the intellectual from the powerful.
Another key thing to really think about is that women are very smart, but not geniouses like men. The only intellectual female that has made a difference in scientific research is Mary Curie compared to Albert Einstein, Issac Newton, Dmitri Mendeleev and so on.
Hi jenny:)
I would like to start of by saying that i enjoyed reading your blog. I specially enjoyed reading the way you used history to refer to the way the different sexes use their words in order to give different emotions and how both the way men use words and women are different. I would have like to heard about your own opinion and why you believe this happens in society. I believe that women and men through out the begining of time have never been seen as equal. Therefore i think that the usage of words that women have has less meaning to other people when they truly try to convey the same message as you would if a male said it. Words depending on how they are said or used cause different affects its crazy to think about. Preety mindblowing haha.
Sincerely
your homie boii and bf for life
Hernan
Hello Jennifer,
Good job on your blog. This is the most important difference between female and male rhetoric. Men do tend to be more "brutal" with their language, but sometimes its just out of instinct. I'm just saying. But either way this was a good analysis on how women tend to be more careful with their words, I wouldn't call it exactly more intelligence, but more judgment.
-Edwin G.
You brought up a lot of good points.
Though it's been a while since I've heard a girl, or any one in general, say "oh dear".
I think the reason that girls are more cautious with their wording is because they are more sensitive in general than guys.
I'm stereotyping here, but guys in general really don't care and girls do. Girls are about image and how they look while guys aren't. Girls really don't want to be talking like a guy, having people confused them for one.
But then, you say that guys use more aggressive wording, so doesn't that mean that they use more emotion?
Dear Jennifer,
I agree with what you stated the women tend to be more passive than men. I think that there are cases where women can be strong to. There are women that don't care and just speak with any consideration. They do say strong words also and that shows that they are not delicate and fragil.
I am saying this because around the community I live in women don't appear to show that they are delicate and fragil. There has been occassions in which I've head women speak strongly. i think what you are trying to sxya is that women are mor emotional than men and that is a big difference. I think that women should play a big part in society because they are intellingent, but there people that don't seem to care.
Hey Jenniferrrrrrrrrrrrr,
Well i could really agree with you that women tend to be more fragile and conservative while men tend to say things freely and without a concern. Yeah I have to agree with what one of my peers commented about the topi, women in my neighborhood tend to be the opposite of what you said. They say bad words an mouth off like if they don't have a care in the world. But as well as some of my male friends are the quite opposite they tend to be more conservative even when no girls are around present. Well anyways good job on your blog and keep it up jenniferrrrrr maybe we can both fulfill our dreams of becoming well known journalists.
Well lets see,
I agree partially in your blog. Genders are really different. However, There could be males that don't use flagile language. I actually think it has to do where you are raised.For example, a educated person could use the word etc. While a person with not so much education can use a work like, so one. I think it works the same way with fragile language.Since we are humans it just depends on who you are in order to know how you are acting.Moreover, I dont think it has nothing to do with gender.
I want to thank you for your advice. I agree on you that using rhetoric on my blog would make it more scholarly.However, I think by giving a detail and example of pathos will; make your blog sound better. Not everyone that would be reading your blog knows whats rhetoric or pathos.In, sum be more specific.
Well lets see,
I agree partially in your blog. Genders are really different. However, There could be males that don't use flagile language. I actually think it has to do where you are raised.For example, a educated person could use the word etc. While a person with not so much education can use a work like, so one. I think it works the same way with fragile language.Since we are humans it just depends on who you are in order to know how you are acting.Moreover, I dont think it has nothing to do with gender.
I want to thank you for your advice. I agree on you that using rhetoric on my blog would make it more scholarly.However, I think by giving a detail and example of pathos will; make your blog sound better. Not everyone that would be reading your blog knows whats rhetoric or pathos.In, sum be more specific.
Dear Jennifer,
I have read your blog and i think you are right that women are more fragile and more conservative but i dont think that all women are all fragile because there are actually some women who comes out strong all the way and doesnt worry about anything they say. Ive seen some women who also say the examples that you use like "dammit" and the other 1.
Hi Jennifer,
I completely agree with the gender language differences. You're right about women's use of language with instead of saying harsh words they use euphemism.
(Off topic)(well it relates to your blog topic)
I have heard that society is to blame when it comes to women being called "whores" when they have a sexual encounter, where men are praised for their actions. What do you think about this?
-Diana
Hi Jenn,
I challenge you to struggle against stereotypes when it comes to this topic. Generalizations that “women use pathos more in conversations” can simply be supporting a stereotype you believe to be true. You may notice pathos more in conversations with women because of personal bias and psychologically ignore emotional responses from men. Also, the demographics you are observing are mostly teens and within the same geographical region. This may skew your perspective.
Even, if you continue to believe women are more emotional in speech I would like you to somewhat delve into whether this is due to biological factors (are female giraffes more emotional in communication than we are?) or social factors.
Specific research would help your cause as well. For instance, when you state that it has “been scientifically proven” that women are seen as more intelligent then men, I would like to see a link to a study that supports your claim. Otherwise, your writing may seem anecdotal.
Also, in six years of teaching, I have observed much more emotional appeals from males as opposed to females. Not to mention much more crying from boys. . .
Lastly, I have never been accused of being “passive in” speech. In fact, quite the opposite, people have used the words “direct”, “straightforward”, “mean”, “abrasive” etc. Do you get the point?
Good luck in your studies,
Miss Tran
Our environment we live in today has and is lawyas going to be broken apart by dicrimination. Your example is sex discrimination and the U.S is improving for the better on it.
I agree that most females are more calm and lucid as to men being hard and aggressive. The way I see it, is the history of todays society has always been given that men are the fighters and that women are the cookers. Men are the laborers and the women are the child carers. The history that we always read has always had some sort of way of lowering women to be less masculine than men.
I don't believe in the fact that woman are more intelligent than men. Even though it is scientifically proven, unless you do an annual test to every single human in this world, you will never know which gender is smarter. I also disagree in leo;s comment about men being the geniuses. Yes, there are many philosphers out there that have been men, but at the same time women weren't aloud to think it that sort of manner just because. Today, you see women smarter than men and vice versa.
Jennifer,
i totally agree with you about the different language that both men and women tend to use. i think that they use different words because women tend to be more reserved with the words that they say (not saying that all women do that, some just say all the nasty words that men do, i am one of them) but men they really don't care because they think that they are the dominant person in society.
both men and women are equal but they have different ways in saying things. men and women try to say the same message but they say it with words that are not the same.
Dear Jen,
I think that you might have one of the most challenging blogs because of the broadness of you topic. I came to realize this when you said that men tend to be more aggressive than girls. This made me reflect on how I act and I realized that i actually am more passive than most of the girls in school. lol. Maybe you could do your next blogs on how men and women act in different environments or how it could possibly even be in the genes of a person how they react to things. Good blog though.
Hey jennifer
Well i would like to thank you for taking your time and composing this blog. I have read many things in which i agree and many which i would disagree on. I would like to state that i believe that men being more brutal and less intelligent than women is very stereotypical. This could be said of a comparison of a specific group, but not in general. Another thing would be that men are stronger and more expressive of there feeling through violence or strong language. I know many females which express themselves through strong words and are really violent. Where in other examples i have seen men who are really delicate and fragile. mean i do not completely disagree with you because it is true a lot of men do show there emotions with words like dam or "oh shit" but so do many women. Over all i wanna recommend that for your next blog you should show some facts or link it some scientific proofs
Post a Comment