On gendered communication, how much does gender influence speech?
In the second decade of the 21st century the social engineers and leadership experts connected gendered talks with the personality traits of a person. A male or female will be considered talking in a female characteristic tone if he or she has affinitive tone with high text references. Similarly a male or female will be considered to speak in a male characteristic tone if he or she is assertive and adopting low text references (Kolb). During a negotiation, an attempt to strike a common thread prior to the main context is high context feminine trait; on the other hand-delivering a message directly is a masculine trait. Gendered communication certainly influences speech and a negotiator should use both these traits as a strategy to win necessary results out of the exercise of communication.
How should we respond to sexist communication?
Sexist connotation during negotiation or a formal talk should be discouraged because they can dilute the message and hurt someone’s feelings. We can practice our constitutional rights to blow a whistle against such communications (Pradel).
Is it ethical to correct someone who uses sexist language? Why?
The liberty of the speech has its periphery where an individual is not hurting the feelings of the others or causing displeasure to them. This liberty adds a responsibility to abide by other qualities that are attached with the status of citizenship, like tolerance and compassion. It is ethically right to correct someone if he or she is using a sexist language. The same constitution also dictates necessary provisions where a citizen is duty-bound to speak in an unbiased fashion and avoid discrimination based on gender, race, and ethnicity in speech and actions.
References
Kolb, Deborah. “Beyond Gender and Negotiation to Gendered Negotiations .” Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (2008): https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/09-064.pdf.
Pradel, Dina. “When Gender Changes the Negotiation.” Harvard Business school (2006): https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/when-gender-changes-the-negotiation.
