ListeNinG diFferenCes

Listening differences among culture and gender are common in our daily life. For example, Malaysia is a multi-culture country. Majority of the nation is Malays, followed by Chinese and Indians. Although they are all staying in the same country, but they are actually communicate with each other in different languages because of the culture. Besides, nonverbal displays are vary among cultures such as those rules and regulations. For instance, the traditional clothes for Chinese is cheongsam, Malay is baju kurung and Indian is sari. All of these are part of the nonverbal displays.

In addition, listening differences also happened among gender. Men are more closely linked to the realm of the mind and reason, whereas women are more guided by emotion. According to report, women are more sensitive to some of the issues compared to men. They tend to be more sentimental in certain circumstances. Men are always act strong and not allowed to cry like women. Between men and women, there are not only different in norms of verbals and nonverbals but also different in feedback styles exist. Men may give the feedback based on reason more compared to women who give feedback based on emotion. However, even if women may be more emotional by nature than men, this does not prove that they do not have reason behind. Men and women should appear in equal sometimes.

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Liew Li Hui