A critical response to John Gray's Mars and Venus portrayals of men and women

Wood, Julia T.

doi:10.1080/10417940209373229

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“…In other words, women tend to value more the relational and men tend to value more the transactional function of social interaction. Our findings are also consistent with the views of Tannen (1990), Basow and Rubenfeld (2003), and Wood (2002) that women and men have different assumptions about talk and friendly conversation.…”

Section: Women Perceive the Communication Of Appreciation And Gratitusupporting

confidence: 92%

Gender and the Communication of Gratitude in Jordan

Luton

2013

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This paper examines Jordanians' perceptions of the ways and the extent to which gender influences the communication of gratitude in some everyday situations. The qualitative analysis of 20 interviews reveals a considerable influence of gender on the performance and reception of this communicative act. Differences between women and men were found in both same-gender and mixed-gender interactions in respect of the mandatoriness and the ways of communicating gratitude. The data show that Jordanian women appear to value expressing gratitude more than Jordanian men do. There is no clear-cut answer to the question of who conveys gratitude more: women or men. However, it is clear that several factors affect the production and the reception of the linguistic expression of gratitude, including: the status differential between the speaker and the hearer, the degree of familiarity between them and the weight of obligation on the speaker. Women tend to communicate gratitude to women more than men do to men, whereas men are particularly aware of the need to be polite when relating to women (especially in unfamiliar and high imposition contexts). The findings strongly support the view that generalisations about the role of gender in conversation should take account of context in the production and interpretation of communicative behaviour and point to some directions for further gender-focused investigation of the linguistic communication of gratitude within and across cultures.

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Section: Women Perceive the Communication Of Appreciation And Gratitusupporting

confidence: 92%

Gender and the Communication of Gratitude in Jordan

Luton

2013

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“…As scientists in the field of communication, we have a responsibility to obtain and disseminate accurate information. In the face of continued failure to find support for the different cultures perspective, it is time that we replace "men are from Mars and women from Venus" with a more balanced view (see Vangelisti, 1997;Wood, 2002).…”

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Gender differences in the communication values of mature adults

MacGeorge

Feng

Butler

2003

Communication Research Reports

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“…1 An alternative view is that both sexes largely conceptualize close relationships 1. In more recent publications, Wood (2002) has softened her position regarding gender differences, acknowledging that the similarities exhibited by men and women often outweigh the differences. similarly, and thus should have largely similar communication values (e.g., Burleson, 1997;Kunkel & Burleson, 1998).…”

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The experience and effects of emotional support: What the study of cultural and gender differences can tell us about close relationships, emotion, and interpersonal communication

Burleson¹

2003

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Theorists claim that emotional support is one of the most significant provisions of close relationships, and studies suggest that the receipt of sensitive emotional support is associated with diverse indices of well-being. Research highlighting the beneficial outcomes of emotional support raises several important questions: Does emotional Brant R. Burleson (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1982 ) is a professor of communication at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Brant's research, featured in numerous journals and edited volumes, centers on communication skill acquisition and development, the effects of communication skills on relationship outcomes, the role of emotion in communication and relationships, and supportive forms of communication such as comforting.

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A critical response to John Gray's Mars and Venus portrayals of men and women

Cited by 22 publications

References 25 publications

Gender and the Communication of Gratitude in Jordan

Gender and the Communication of Gratitude in Jordan

Gender differences in the communication values of mature adults

The experience and effects of emotional support: What the study of cultural and gender differences can tell us about close relationships, emotion, and interpersonal communication

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