If You Spoke as Who Does? (Blog #10)

Yup, it's true. Women tend to speak or text to create rapport much more than males do. How do I know that? It happens in my home. My wife is outstanding at being timid on the web and also wants to make everyone in her group that she is speaking to, to be involved.

Just as the graph suggests, she tends to get social support from her social networking sites, when she is interacting with other women. As opposed to me, when interacting with my friends, the getting is much less.

It's also evident that much of her words used in a posting are based on an emotional response to the conversational subject. This creates the need for the support from other women who, consequently, also base their responses on emotion, which can help heal the pain, so to speak.

I, on the other hand, seem to fall right in line with the article's findings, where I find myself wanting to protect my "social standing" and would rather not show a sign of weakness. Just the facts, ma'am.