*Malini kishor sanghvi College of Commerce and Economics*

Name:-Pogula Ansuya Class: - F.Y.BMS-A Roll no.:-136 Subject:-Business Communication Project Topic:-Communication Traits Between Genders In India At Different Age Groupes Reported To:-

Ms.Priyadarshini Singh

*Bibliography*:Information and pictures from different websites like, www.yahoo.com www.google.com www.info.com And also took help of family members and friends

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*Thanking you*.

CONCLUSION:
Research concludes that men talk more in public while women talk more in private. This conclusion is obvious when the purpose of male and female communication is understood. If men talk to establish status, most male conversation would inevitably occur in public, at the workplace. On the other hand, if women talk to establish intimacy, most female conversation would take place in private, at home.

Men and women can learn so much from each other if only the gender communication barriers can be broken. These barriers disappear with time, understanding, and effort. An investment of time is necessary to evaluate personal communicative style. Understanding is needed as different conversational styles are observed. Effort is expended when adjustments are made to improve interaction between men and women. However, these investments are worth it to the work of the Lord and relationships with others. Though life is busy and personal styles are comfortable, adaptation to gender communication promotes individual growth and corporate harmony.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I have taken efforts in this project. But there are a lot of people who need to be thanked in my project, for without them, my project would not have been of the quality that it is. My project co-ordinator, Ms.Priyadarshini Singh, for guiding me in the project. I would like to thank my family for the complete support they gave me and My friends, who were always there for me and were forever willing to help.

My thanks and appreciations also go to my colleague in developing the project and people who have willingly helped me out with their abilities.

EXAMPLE:

In the workplace, the gender differences impact the way messages are sent and received, thus causing communication breakdown, misunderstanding and major frustration. For example, a female supervisor seeks conversation from her male boss about a problem situation she is having with one of her employees. Her intent for the meeting is to inform her boss of the problem. She just wants him to listen to her, rephrase and repeat what she's saying so that she can become more clear on how she wishes to proceed. Perhaps he would ask her some probing questions about options, etc. Instead, he begins telling her what she should do with the problem employee. She becomes frustrated and leaves, feeling like her time was wasted. He feels he has solved the problem, and it's time to move on.

...and then at home

Taking this situation into the home, the wife wishes to discuss a problem she's having with her husband, and he jumps in with the solution before she has had a chance to process her options. She gets mad and leaves the room saying, "You just never listen!"

COMMUNICATION GENDERS

TRAITS

BETWEEN

The following are the different aspects of which distinguishes gender communication:

GENDER COMMUNICATION:

Men and women express gender communication differences in content, style, and structure. What do men and women talk about? Men often talk about sports, money, and business; women most often discuss people, feelings, and relationships. Why do men and women talk? Men often express themselves to fix a problem, converse for competition, and talk to resolve problems. Women most often express themselves to understand, converse to support, and talk to connect. How do men and women talk? Men typically use precise words, to the point, without descriptive details. Women are more detailed, apologetic, and vague.

 GENDER BARRIERS:
There are distinct differences between the speech patterns in a man and those in a woman. A woman speaks between 22,000 and 25,000 words a day whereas a man speaks between 7,000 and 10,000. In childhood, girls speak earlier than boys and at the age of three, have a vocabulary twice that of boys. The reason for this lies in the wiring of a man's and woman's brains. When a man talks, his speech is located in the left side of the brain but in no specific area. When a woman talks, the speech is located in both hemispheres and in two specific locations.

This means that a man talks in a linear, logical and compartmentalised way, features of left-brain thinking; where as a woman talks more freely mixing logic and emotion, features of both sides of the brain. It also explains why women talk for much longer than men each day.

GENDER COMMUNICATION DIFFERENCES:

Communication between men and women can be considered cross-cultural communication. People in different cultures speak

different dialects. Men and women communicate in such different ways that they seem to be from different planets. There are numerous general differences that characterize gender communication.

Before clarifying some distinctives in gender communication, several basic assumptions must be accepted. 1. Men and conversational styles. women do have different

2. Both styles of communication are equally valid. 3. The goal in gender communication is not to change the style of communication but to adapt to the differences.

According to Tannen, men and women express themselves in different ways and for different reasons. Men use communication to maintain independence, while women talk to maintain intimacy. Whether conscious or unconscious, men often talk to establish status from others. Women use words to connect themselves emotionally, to express feelings, or build rapport. Men often share facts and figures as in a report.

BODY LANGUAGE:

Body language is also used differently by men and women. While women typically use nonverbal communication directly, men use it indirectly. Women stand in close proximity to each other, maintain eye contact, and gesture more frequently. Men hold their distance, rarely establish eye contact, and gestures less dramatically. Men and women also handle conflict differently. While women avoid conflict in order to insure closeness, men use conflict to gain status. These are just a few of the common differences in gender communication.

CHANGES IN COMMUNICATION BY AGE:

The human communication focuses mainly on the whole life cycle of a human being.The age groups are divided from 0 - 10, 11 - 20, 21 - 40, 41 - 90, 91 onwards.

At the age of 0 - 10 the human communication is mainly one way, at first it is primarily from parent to child, then as the child begins to attend daycare and later on school, communication is still one way because during this time the child acts like a sponge in water and absorbs all communication around them. This is the stage when children have no original ideas, but tend to repeat what they hear from television, teachers, parents and any other source of information that surrounds them. The next stage in life, between the ages of 11 - 20 the human communication becomes a two-way communication. During this time the human mind is able to have strong opinions about issues and the absorption of information is disrupted by peer pressure, media and the need to fit in. Communication during this time is two-way because the human mind gains information via educational sources and also is able to have original ideas.

The most critical stage in the human life cycle of communication is between the ages of 21 - 40. During this stage in life the human mind is experienced enough to give out information verbally and even in the form of publications. Also, during this stage the human mind will tend to check the validity of the information received before absorbing it. People tend to be more skeptical of the information around them during this time in their life and may even do further research regarding what information they receive. They may check to see if the source is credible. So even though two-way communication continues during this stage, it is given and received in a much more calculating way. Even communication via body language is much more controlled during this time and is used much more frequently than in the earlier age groups. Gestures like firm handshakes and eye contact become as much a part of communication as verbal and written information. Between the ages of 41 - 90 two-way communication continues, the major difference during this time is that the communication given out is usually full of wisdom, which the other earlier stages in life may have lacked. Also, during this time people tend to be set in their ways and select the sources that they want to receive information from and stick to them. It is during this time that people will watch only certain television shows,

listen to only certain radio stations, read books from certain authors and news papers from only certain publications and spend time with only certain people. Even when new relationships are developed during this stage in life people tend to keep them at bay.

During the ages of 91 onwards communication is twoway but in a unique way. At this age in other cultures the elderly are respected and their opinions are valued, however in the American culture they tend to be viewed as a little senile, so their communication is not taken as valuable information. Hence, the elderly tend to absorb more information and become very trusting of certain media without questioning the validity of the source. Therefore, they tend to be taken advantages of when it comes to online and television scams. However, during this stage people still communicate, but mainly it is via verbal communication.

India Communication Style:

India is a multilingual subcontinent, and many Indians are bilingual or even trilingual. The mixed and complex use of different languages in everyday conversations is typical of Indian communication. For Indians, the purpose of communication is to maintain harmony and forge relationships, not to exchange exact information. Traditionally, Indians differ in their communication style.

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Deborah Tannen says the sexes often speak virtually different languages. She calls it "report talk" vs. "rapport talk."

Men tend to use "report talk" to convey information and self-importance, while women tend to use "rapport talk" to establish intimacy and connection. Tannen says that women will then see men as self-centered and domineering, while men will then see women as illogical

and insecure. Men will accuse women of asking for advice and then not taking it, of rambling on about nothing, and of being unable to make decisions. Women will accuse men of not listening, invalidating their feelings, and always stepping in to solve problems with a lot of "you shoulds."

INTRODUCTION
Scripture teaches about the uniqueness of men and women. While created in the image of God with equality of worth and value, men and women are different by design and function. Gender differences are apparent physically and behaviorally. Men and women differ in the way they think, feel, act, and talk. In fact, one of the most striking differences between the sexes is the unique ways that men and women communicate. In recent years, the communication styles of men and women have been studied scientifically. The primary purpose of these intensive investigations is not to determine which communicative style is best or to motivate others to change completely, but to identify differences for the purpose of understanding and adaptation. As men and women better recognize differences in communicative styles, they can work to improve their own communication with members of the opposite sex. The general gender communication differences affect all men and women in every context.

 DEFINITION AND MEANING: Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. A trait is a distinguishing feature, as of a person's character. A communication trait therefore, is defined as an individuals consistencies and differencesin messagesending and -receiving behaviours

Think of traits as relatively enduring behaviours that people tend to use consistently across their life span. In a way, communication traits can be considered a subset of a persons personality traits.

SUMMARY

People perceive things differently due to differences in cultural/ethnic background, personal experiences, personality styles, gender differences, attitudes and beliefs, etc. This diversity may impact our ability to communicate with each other. Therefore, it is important to keep an open mind about such differences so we can reduce the probability for communication breakdown.

As Carl Rogers said, "The major barrier to mutual interpersonal communication is our very natural tendency to judge, to evaluate, to approve or to disapprove." Approval usually comes when my perceptions of your behavior match my assumptions of how I think you should behave. A deeper awareness of how differently men and women communicate is necessary in order to prevent these gender differences from leading to resentment, decreased productivity and workplace stress. Research indicates men and women are socialized differently and consequently, have diverse styles of speaking.

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CONTENTS
SUMMARY INTRODUCTION -DEFINITION & MEANING INDIA-COMMUNICATION -MEN & WOMEN, & THEIR DIFFERENT LANGUAGES COMMUNICATION TRAITS BETWEEN GENDERS -GENDER COMMUNICATION

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-GENDER BARRIERS -GENDER COMMUNICATION DIFFERENCES -BODY LANGUAGE CHANGES IN COMMUNICATION BY AGE EXAMPLE CONCLUSION BIBLOGRAPHY