Performing and Observing gendered communication. Write a short paper describing an intentional modification of your typical communication practices. For one day experiment with altering your communication to make it significantly less consistent with the gendered communication norms described in Wood’s Chapter 5 or 6.
Briefly describe what you did, what you expected might happen, what actually happened, how the responses you received were consistent or inconsistent with what Wood’s says about gendered communication, and how you felt about the interactions.
Discuss observations in class. NOTE: DO NOT change your behavior in any way that is potentially detrimental to you or others. I do not recommend significantly changing your behavior in your workplace or in any vulnerable relationship.
