May 2012
Intermediate to advanced
352 pages
5h 58m
English
book
The Gender Communication Handbook: Conquering Conversational Collisions between Men and Women
by Claire Damken Brown Ph.D., Audrey Nelson Ph.D.
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EXERCISES AND TABLES
Chapter 1: Getting Started: Are Men and Women Just Born Different or Do They Learn to Be Different?
| Exercise 1.1. | Warm-Up Exercise: The Seven Most-Asked Questions |
| Exercise 1.2. | Case Study: Big Boys Don’t Cry |
| Exercise 1.3. | One Thing I Wish the Opposite Sex Would Change in Their Communication Style |
| Exercise 1.4. | The Code-Switching Quotient |
Chapter 2: He Speaks, She Speaks: What Different Things They Say
| Exercise 2.1. | Talk the Talk: Facts and Fiction About Sex Differences in Speech Communication |
| Exercise 2.2. | Case Study: A Comment Hiding in a Question |
| Exercise 2.3. | Case Study: Why Do I Have to Sugarcoat Everything for a Woman? |
| Exercise 2.4. | Compare Most Direct to Least Direct: How Do I Ask the Question? |
Chapter 3: Gender ...
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