Gender Language

2). Do you agree that men and women use language differently? In what areas? Use specific examples.
Even before this class, and reading chapter 4, I had thought about the languages of men and women and how they are different. I do agree that men and women use language differently. I feel that men and women’s use of language differs in ways such as delivery and meaning as well as use in general. One example of a difference in the delivery and meaning of language would be the use of the word bitch. Some men seem to use the word as just another version of women, for instance talking about the bitches they met, whereas women seem to see the word bitch as a derogatory term.
Just as the book discussed in chapter 4, the use of language is used differently with men and women. When the book discussed Maria asking Tom a lot of questions when he came home from work, it rang a bell for me. I don’t necessarily bombard my boyfriend with 21 questions all the time but I do definitely ask him a lot of questions that he seems to think are pointless and are things he didn’t pay attention to. Also, when I do talk to my boyfriend about things going on at his work I seem to ask more personal questions on how some of his buddies are doing and a lot of his answers seem to be short and to the point, such as “he’s fine.” I get a feeling that at work when he talks with his friends they mostly joke around whereas women, myself included, seem to enjoy “gossiping.” I feel as though my friends and I enjoy discussing things in more detail than my boyfriend and his friends. It is just a different use of conversations.