Gendered Communication: Do Women Talk More Than Men?

Name Institutional Affiliations Date Women talk more than men. Some Suggested Keywords: (“sex” or “gender”) AND (“talkativeness” OR “verbal production”) Introduction Communication is the art of passing information from one person to the other whether verbally or non-verbally. The ability to pass and deliver information as the communicators intend is very important in any form of communication. While analyzing gendered communication, it is imperative to note that humans modify their communication style based on the gender of the person one is interacting with at any given instance. However that does not limit the potentials of either gender to outsmart the other in talkativeness either based on the topic or the nature of the environment through which conversation is taking place. Therefore, one can argue that understanding the gender differences in communication style proves essential as enable both genders to anticipate how others are likely to perceive them during a conversation based on their gender and communication style. Gendered communication is a very interesting topic as it offers insights on potentials and triggers that foster varying communication potentials between genders. Within this essay, a thorough analysis on gendered communication from two empirical articles will confirm or refute whether women talk more than men. Summary of the Empirical Articles Locating the sources has not been very easy but again it has not been very challenging. One search has been generated after a few trials on the TIMAU library search using the topics key words like sex and gender in communication while the second one is from the Google search engine specifically from Proquest Research Library. Both sour