Do Men & Women Use Language Differently?

I suppose men and women use language differently in some circumstances. Women love to chat where as men prefer action over words. In one of my undergrad science classes, I learned that the female brain excels in verbal tasks; where as the male brain excels in mathematical and visual-spatial tasks. Women love to give details when they are talking, where as men just say something with very few non-descriptive words and leave it at that. For example, if a woman were asked how her evening was at a party, she would give details on the food, the guests, how they were dressed, what happened and how the place was decorated. A man on the other hand would just say the party was great (or not) and leave it at that. Most women use language to convey empathy, while most men use language to get things done. This is not to say men cannot use language to be empathetic or that women are incapable of using language to get things done.

We have come a long way in how we use language compared to our ancestors and as we become better educated, our use of language is merging. The differences we see may have been imposed by culture and nature; this was discussed in the text in chapter 4 too. We also need to consider the context and subject matter when we say men and women use language differently. For example sports and politics are topics men may want to talk more about, while women may prefer to talk about family, travel or food. Again this is not the case for everybody!!!