Gender communication can best be defined as communication about and between all genders. This term includes interpersonal communication between all genders and how all genders are depicted verbally and non verbally. This cartoon image demonstrates the gender interpersonal communication between opposing genders such as the male employee and female employee. This demonstrates the communication that occurs between the genders even if they have differences between their genders. The male employee is also quoting “mansplaining” which is how other genders refer to males who verbally explain anything in a condescending and oversimplified manner. The cartoon image is ironically depicting the male employee mansplaining the term “mansplaining” to the female employee which explains why the female employee is irritated to be spoken to in a condescending and oversimplified manner.

I have experienced gender communication in my everyday life. The Mexican culture has a lot of machismo, this refers to men being emotionally strong, dominant, and decision makers while women are expected to be submissive, quiet, and more nurturing. I have realized sometimes I subconsciously stay quiet to let men speak or make decisions at work. I started to recognize I would do this based on the expected manner a women should act compared to a man. Once I began to recognize this behavior I started encouraging myself to speak up and state more of my pinions because what I have to say as a women is equally as important as a man’s opinion.

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