Gender in Relationships

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COMMUNICATION IS HARD!!!
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Gender Communication

• By Natasha Phinney

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Communication

• Sender
• Receiver
• Message
• Nonverbal
• Verbal

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Where does Communication occur
COMMUNICATION IS EVERYWHERE!!!
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Gender vs. Sex

• Who are we and why?
• GENDER is a cultural constructions
• SEX is biological construction that makes a
  person male or female

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Couples
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More Types of Couples

• Relational Partner
• Romantic Partner
• Significant Other
• Monogamous Relationship

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How is communication negatively influenced by
gender?

• SEXIST LANGUAGE
• MARKING
• FEMININE SUFFIX
• MARKING
• ANTIMALE BIAS
• MAN-LINKED TERMONOLOGY

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Ways to improve.

• Allow for titles to be parallel
• i.e. Man and Wife (not correct)
• Husband and wife ( )
• Salutations should be addressed to all
• whom it concerns
• i.e. Mr. Mrs. John Smith (not correct)
• i.e. Mr. Mrs. Smith or Mr. John Smith
  
• and Mrs. Jane Smith ( )
• Order of Terms should be equal

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Can GENDER effect ones ability to be friends?
Can a Gay male just be friends with another
male? Can a Lesbian woman just be friends with
another woman?Can a heterosexual be just
friends with another heterosexual? HOW DOES A
PERSONS COMMUNICATION EFFECT THEIR ABILITY TO
COMMUNICATE?
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Gendered Communication online

• www.ecrsh.com
• www.match.com
• www.matchmaker.com
• www.eharmony.com

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REFRENCES

• Ivy, D. K. Blacklund, P. (2004). Gender speak
  Personal effectiveness in gender communication
  (3rd ed.). Boston McGraw-Hill.