For blog 7, I found an article on genderlects. The article talks about how these genderlects affect men and women in everyday life. I picked this article because we talked about genderlects in class the other day and I found them quite intriguing. The thing that I found most interesting about the article was how it talked about from when we are little kids, girls are taught to be open and have "feeling talk," and boys are quite the opposite, they are taught not to share their feelings and have to try and be the biggest and baddest of the group to show dominance. The article then talks about how this transfers later into life. I thought the article did very well of explaining the topic-now I am more aware of something I had no idea about, and I hear examples of genderlects everyday!
Wow, that was a really interesting article. I can see where all that is reflected too. Just watching male and female comedians and how they poke fun at the opposite gender on exactly this. Its so strange. But very interesting.
ReplyDeleteThis is so true, I grew up with two guys. What I noticed was that these things weren't "taught" I feel like some of them are acquired throughout experiences too.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting topic. It's something that is not often thought about, but the article explained it well. This is why many couples fight so much!
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