Gender Differences at Work. Chapter 7

The two most important statements in this section are: Men seek status by engaging in report talk. Women use conversation to build relationships using rapport talk. Women and men do have two different ways of communicating. Most of this is because of the way we are socialized. Unfortunately, the workplace and other institutions measure us by the way men communicate rather than women. This is one of the many reasons men tend to be promoted before women. As women I feel that we need to adapt more of the form of communication of men, but still be true to ourselves.