Workshop explains gender gap
The workshop “Boys Get Angry, Girls Get Sad” talked about the way males and females interact amongst each other.
Sandy Cox, an Assistant Director of Counseling Center was the speaker of the workshop. She has been a counselor there for five years now.
In the workshop she discussed that men and women need to find a middle ground when it comes to compromising in conversations.
Cox said, “Men and women are put in two categories, information style and relationship style.”
The relationship style of communicating would be the woman. Women tend to talk about the relationship and intimate feelings. Information style of communicating would be the men. A man tends to talk about the facts.
Cox states, “Men are more goal orientated and talk more on business, sports, and food instead of people. Women tend to lead the conversation in a way to get information and to connect or gain support with the opposite sex.”
She said, “Women tend to lean more into the conversation to show that they are into what the person is talking about, while a male will lean backwards while talking to someone.”
Cox also said that women nod a lot and smile more while talking, in contrast the man will keep a blank look on his face.”
She also mentioned that when a problem is brought up a man will solve it quick while the woman wants to talk about and to be listened to.
“This can cause conflict between a male and female because the woman feels the guy is not listening,” Cox said.
She also points out that men are less likely to ask for help. They try to figure things out for themselves. While a woman is more likely to ask for help and will accept help if it is being offered.
“I thought it was good and it hit everything on the head from all of my experiences,” Julie Haase, 21, a speech communication major said.
“I liked it, I didn’t know what to expect coming in,” Josh Mock, 20, a dietetics major said.
“I came here for extra credit, but I did learn more on how to talk to the opposite sex,” Approximately 30 people showed up for the workshop, the majority of them were female.
