Gender & Nonverbal Communication
K. Swett, Instructor
COMS 360
CSUN
I. Nonverbal communication
A. Def: Nonverbal comm consists of messages transmitted through nonlinguistic means
- Nonverbal behaviors 65%+ of the total meaning of communication
- Learned through interaction with others
- Expresses cultural meanings of gender (within society; varies widely across cultures)
B. Basic functions of nonverbal communication
1. Support speech/supplement meaning
a. Repeating (use emblems)
b. Substituting
c. Complementing (use illustrators)
d. Accenting/Emphasizing ( use vocalics or paralanguage)
e. Contradicting (with use of emblems or paralanguage or affect displays)
2. Regulate interaction
A. Both use positioning, eye contact, gestures, and vocal inflection (often “mirroring”)
B. Typical (but not absolute) differences
1. Women use nonverbal behaviors to invite others into conversation, stressing connection
2. Men use nonverbal behaviors to control conversational stage for “public talk”
3. Communicate relational meaning
A. Defining and clarifying the status of interpersonal relationships (Burgoon, et. al)
B. Common messages reflect:
1. inclusion (responsiveness)
2. affection (liking)
3. control (power)
4. respect
(Good online explanation & exercise re: meaning = https :// www.wisc-online.com/learn/career-clusters/arts-audio-video-technology-and-communications/oic2601/distinguishing-between-the-content-message-and-the-relational-message)
4. Display emotion
a. Affect displays (how, when & where)
b. Adaptors – movements or displays of emotion to adapt to situation, feel more comfortable . Not always conscious choice (ex: nervous behaviors, too hot, etc.)
c. Preening behaviors (call attention to looks)
5. Suggest immediacy (holistic impression)
a. Approachability – make an initial connection
b. Availability for communicating
c. Sensory stimulation (loud colored clothes, more involved, moves around a lot)
d. Personal warmth
C. Forms of NV communication
A. Artifacts
B. Proxemics (space)
C. Haptics (touch)
D. Kinesics (body positioning & motion/use)
1. facial expressions
2. eye contact
3. gestures
4. orientation (toward or away)
E. Vocalics/Paralanguage
F. Physical appearance
G. Territoriality
The Codes of Gender (Sut Jhalley)
https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGsWWczLYds
*In class: DVD combines theories of gender identity development and performance with images from popular culture = many images of nonverbal communication of gender
CSUN COMS 360 K. Swett, Instructor
Gender issues (& attitudes/responses)
fIRST, WATCH – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP3cyRRAfX0 (re: Girls)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc45-ptHMxo (re: boys)
(i played these in class)
(SOME Responses to “THE mask you live in” TRAILER aRE BELOW)
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This is feminist propaganda. I was raised on the statement "be a man". And I thank God Almighty I was! WAKE UP!
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+ paleobc65 You're subscribing to a stereotype. That's why I called you out as a supporter of feminism.
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subscribed to which stereotype...
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this is nothing more than feminism pushing female supremacy .
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Um.....what? How? Where? I saw no female supremacy here. At all.
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Wow. This video is like a message to all men that we need to start playing the victim card and blame other people for our problems. I refuse to stoop to the level of feminists and race-baiters.
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Alright honestly I don't think feminism cares to much for men, if at all, but that's okay.- Because MRM are constantly being hijacked by white supremacists, fedora libertarians and red-pill PUA douche-bags, surely we'll get heard with those assholes around.
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"Alright honestly I don't think femnism cares to much for men, if at all, but that's okay." Since the system kowtows to feminists, I don't think it's OK. "Fedora libertarians and red-pill PUA douchebags" are not a problem and White supremacists are manageable.
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This is really the only time I ever entertain the construct of a Men's Rights' Activist (MRA), and it's ironic that this is essentially the fall out of older men devaluing feminine behavior in younger men. To my eyes, most of our problems as men come from the way we treat ourselves. It's not the women who have devalued feminine behavior; it's us. It was older men who taught their children not to cry, not to compromise with the weaker sex (or be "pussy whipped"), to resort to violence to solve problems, and not to seek help. Everything comes down to “manning up” or being something less than a man; as if this hyper-masculine ideal of a man is healthy for anyone, of either gender.
CSUN
COMS 360
K. Swett, Instructor
GENDER
ISSUES
(
& ATTITUDES
/RESPONSES
)
FIRST, WATCH
–
HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.
COM/WATCH?V=XP3CYRRA
FX0
(
RE:
GIRLS)
HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.
COM/WATCH?V=HC45
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PTHMXO
(
RE:
BOYS)
(I PLAYED THESE
IN CLASS)
(
SOME
RESPONSES TO
“
THE
MASK YOU LIVE I
N
”
TRAILER
ARE
BELOW
)
ALL COMMENTS
(5,187)
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thoughts
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Roger Casella
3 months
ago
This is feminist propaganda. I was raised on the statement "be a man". And I thank God Almighty I was! WAKE UP!
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Roger Casella
1 day ago
+
paleobc65
You're subscribing to a
stereotype. That's why I called you out as a supporter of feminism.
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paleobc65
1 day ago
subscribed to which stereotype...
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Joseph LeForte
1 week ago
this is nothing more th
a
n feminism pushing female supremacy .
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Global Rain
7 hours ago
Um.....what?
How? Where? I saw n
o female supremacy here. At all.
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Seren
7 months ago (edited)
Wow. This video is like a message to all men that we need to start playing the victim card and blame other p
eople for our problems. I refuse to stoop to the level of
feminists and race
-
baiters.
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David Zysk
1 week ago
Alright honestly I don't think fem
i
nism cares to much for men, if at all, but that's okay.
-
Because MRM are constantly
being hijacked by white supremacists, fedora
libertarians and red
-
pill PUA douche
-
bags, surely we'll get heard with those assholes around.
Reply
·
Black French
1 week ago
"Alright honestly I don't think femnism cares to much for men, if at all, but that's okay."
Since the system kowtows
to feminists, I don't think it's OK.
"Fedora libertarians and red
-
pill PUA douchebags" are not a problem and White supremacists are manageable.
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Danial
Hallock
5 months ago (edited)
This is really the
only
time I ever entertain the construct of a Men's Rights' Activist (MRA), and
it's ironic that this is essentially the fall out of older men devaluing
feminine behavior in younger men.
To my eyes, most of our problems as men come from the way we treat ourselves.
It's not the women who have devalued
feminine behavior; it's us.
It w
as older men who taught their children not to cry,
not to
compromise with the weaker sex
(or be "pussy whipped"), to resort to violence to solve problems, and
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