The Influential Power of Verbal Communication

Communication with others is something we perform on a daily basis in today’s society. People talk to form and grow social bonds and to increase the likelihood of understanding one another. How we use language often signals to people their importance to us. As men and women, our identities are constantly shaped and refined by the type’s conversations we have. Our values are evident in the conversations with our family, community, society, country and church. In addition, through our profession we are continually refined by the people we talk with. Sharing information makes life more manageable, talking helps to grow social bonds with others, and choosing what we talk about allows us to manage how others perceive us. Therefore, verbal communication

A common idea is that males, as the dominant sex, are more likely to communicate in a more aggressive fashion when advocating for themselves when it comes to a promotion, raise or opportunity. Masculine people expect competition in social and professional relationships and work to avoid communicating weaknesses and vulnerability. They avoid communication personal and emotions concerns. Masculine-type people also tend to communicate affect by including their friends in concrete activities and exchanging favors. Therefore we can conclude from the above research that the common idea persists that masculine-type people tend to communicate with each other, shoulder to shoulder, in a more direct way than women. Although, men do stand to lose the communication comparison with women in regards to a widespread conviction that women have superior verbal skills. This is supported by the fact that “Men on average, use 7000 communication signals per day and women use 21,000” (Giles, 2014, p.1). These general gender communication differences affect all men and women in every context. It is widely known that men often express themselves to fix a problem, converse for competition, and talk to resolve problems. They typically use precise words to reach a point, without descriptive details. Karima Merchant highlights how men communicate in comparison to women when she states that

When considering basic matters in language, such as in meaning and communication, this is the most fundamental component of arguments, even more fundamental than propositions, inferences, and conclusions. We cannot make sense of an argument without being able make sense of the language, meaning, and purpose of what is being communicated in the first place. Communicating occurs when we use language to cause or prevent an action. Also, language may be used to communicate feelings and emotions. Such expressions may or may not be intended to evoke reactions in others, but when emotional language occurs in an argument the purpose is to evoke similar feelings in others in order to sway them to agreeing with the argument’s conclusion. Ghose states the importance of language and its use for communication: “language is the development of the basic form of communication between human beings, and in a society” (Ghose, 2004,