GENERAL PURPOSE STATEMENT: The way men and women communicate and go about communicating is very different.
SPECIFIC PURPOSE STATEMENT: Men and women have different methods of communicating .
CENTRAL IDEA: The different ways women and men communicate.
I. INTRODUCTION: Attention Getter Bad human communication leaves us less room to grow. “Rowan D. Williams Preview Statement:: Today I will inform you on the ways women communicate, men communicate, and then I will compare the two to see if there are any similarities.
II. How do women communicate? Men believe that woman would rather talk on and on instead of giving a straight forward answer. For example, if someone asks a man what time it is he will look at his watch and give the time but a woman would give a story as to why the time is the way it is. Studies show, if you ask a woman what time it is she will begin talking to you about another topic and avoid answering your question. Another study shows that women never say what is on their mind. Instead of directly expressing a point or asking a question a woman will talk around a subject, expecting men to somehow decipher what she wants or needs. A woman would rather talk continuously and allow the man to play the guessing game. Examples: when she says “It’s your decision” what she really means is “you’d better know what I really want and give it to me right now. When she says “Go ahead do what you want” she really means “I don’t want you to, and you’re going to pay for this later” Men also believe that women think solely with their emotions. This can sometimes be true but not all the time. Because women are driven by hormones female thought patterns are far divorced from logic. Women love to indulge themselves in feeling and impressions this is why their behavior is so often erratic and moody and irrational. Examples if a man says “I like your hair” she’ll come
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