MALE AND FEMALE NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR

1. MALE AND FEMALE NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR

2. SPECIFYING WHAT IS “MALE” AND WHAT IS “FEMALE”

3. EXPLANATIONS OF GENDER DIFFERENCES

4. MYTHS ABOUT THE NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR OF MEN AND WOMEN • WOMEN COMMUNICATE WITH LIMP WRIST GESTURES; MEN WITH STIFF, FORCEFUL ONES • WOMEN CROSS THEIR LEGS WHILE SEATED; MEN HAVE OPEN LEGS • WOMEN TALK MORE • WOMEN DO NOT INITIATE TOUCH; MEN DO

5. MEN DON’T SHOW THEIR EMOTIONS • WOMEN WEAR FORM FITTING CLOTHES; MEN WEAR LOOSE CLOTHING • WOMEN SPEAK AT A LOWER VOLUME; MEN ARE LOUDER • WOMEN NEED LESS PERSONAL SPACE

6. WOMEN ARE NOT PERCEIVED AS LEADERS AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE • WOMEN BENEFIT FROM THEIR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE; MEN DON’T • MEN ARE RELAXED WHILE COMMUNICATING; WOMEN ARE TENSE

7. RESEARCH FINDINGS ON MALE/FEMALE NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR

8. FEMALES DO BETTER THAN MALES AT: • DECODING NONVERBAL CUES • RECOGNIZING FACES • EXPRESSING EMOTIONS WHICH CAN BE DECODED ACCURATELY

9. FEMALES HAVE: • MORE EXPRESSIVE FACES • MORE SMILING (AS ADULTS) THAN MEN • MORE GAZING (AND GAZE AVERTING) IN CONVERSATION THAN MEN • SMALLER APPROACH DISTANCES AND MORE DIRECT BODY ORIENTATION THAN MEN • FEWER SPEECH ERRORS THAN MEN

10. FEMALES USE BODY MOVEMENTS AND POSITIONS THAT APPEAR TO BE: • LESS RESTLESS THAN MEN • LESS EXPANSIVE THAN MEN • MORE INVOLVED THAN MEN • MORE EXPRESSIVE THAN MEN • MORE SELF-CONSCIOUS THAN MEN