Basic Female 101

Before a man thinks that the woman is driving him nuts or just having PMS, here are some common communication actions that typify women’s communication patterns. Knowing about them can save the male a lot of unnecessary grief and nurture a more positive and upbeat—and in turn, healthy—relationship.
Body Language:

1. Assuming a more forward position than men when sitting or listening, and leaning forward. Perception:
2. caring a lot about what is said; extreme interest.
3. Having a weaker handshake. Perception: being weak and powerless.
4. Sitting closer to men. Perception: the woman really likes the man.
5. Taking up less physical space, and sitting with arms and legs towards the body. Perception: being inhibited and submissive.
6. Sitting directly in front of a man, and having forward face-to-face contact.

Perception: being extremely interested in the man or being forward. It can also be misconstrued as an uncomfortably confrontational act.
Face Language:

1. 1. Nodding head “yes” even when not in agreement. Perception: Wanting to be liked and accepted.
2. 2. Lowering their head during every negative confrontation. Perception: being weak and submissive.
3. Providing more animated facial expressions during conversation. Perception: being overly emotional.
4. Eyes facing the person directly when speaking.
   

Perception: being forward or even invasive.

Speech and Voice Patterns:

1. Allowing more interruptions. Perception: being weak.
2. Ending sentences with a rising pitch, adding a tag ending to a declarative statement, or asking a question when it calls for making a statement (for example, “It’s a nice day?” or “It’s a nice day, isn’t it?”). Perception: being uncertain, weak, not powerful, and not in control.
3. Using more intensifiers such as “very,” “really,” and “much.” Perception: being overly effusive and exaggerating, and being more emotional.
4. Saying more words per sentence or thought. Getting very detailed and taking a long time to get to the point. Perception: being unprofessional, wasting time, being thoughtless, scattered, and frivolous (this usually creates the reaction of impatience).
5. Often having voices that are too high, breathy, and little girl-sounding. Perception: being a lightweight, less bright.
   

Communication Patterns:

1. Tending to take rejection more personally. Perception: being overly sensitive.
2. Not laughing at or responding favorably to practical joke and cutting sarcastic humor. Perception: having no sense of humor.
3. Trying to match troubles by relating similar experiences. Perception: competing with the man or trying to top him, and not listening to or caring about what he says.
4. Confronting issues and situations more than a man would. Perception: being nagging or harping on the past (this often makes the man feel angry and defensive).
5. Censoring thoughts less than men and communicating more through stream-of-consciousness. Perception: being ditsy, spacey, or flighty.