Media Text: DRAFT. (Men’s mag)
Women. Got to love them. I have so much respect for women.
What can’t a woman do? Carrying a baby for nine months, whack it out. Tend to
the screaming thing 27/4, while the man is at work. Tidying and keeping the
house clean and not to forget the bloody mood swings they get every month.
Don’t think I could if I tried. But there is something that the ‘degree in
multi-tasking’ women cannot do. They cannot communicate in the same way as us
men. Getting stressed at this article already? Please don’t let me explain…
1.
Women beating round the bush approach:
She’s telling you a story about what
happened to Betty at work. (I know boring!) But you listen; being the good
husband you are, trying not to zone out while she explains this. But she talks
about how she felt in this situation. Why is she upset that Betty got sacked?
You still got your job love! The feelings with the story telling, is just one
of the factors that separates the female language with ours.
2.
The Male Information only approach:
My technique with explaining a story is
this: You come home from work, being that good husband that you are you see, I
tell her about my day at work ( before she nags me to tell her anyway!) I tell
her about Dave being sacked for not completing enough sales. Did I explain how
I felt no!
See the difference? Right, were getting
somewhere…
3.
The I’m nervous approach:
This is what upsets me when women claim
that they speak in the same way as men. The principle is that the language use
is very different. The I’m nervous approach will be very familiar to most
men. The I’m nervous approach works
simply like this where a woman will use gaps in her sentences e.g.:
Woman: ‘I was walking the dog and uh I
saw uh what his name again?’
Man:
‘I was walking the dog and I saw that guy... Thomas’
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