Research Paper on:
Television Series Sex and the City and Gender Communication

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as well as many researchers. From the workplace to the institution of marriage, the way in which men and women communicate is, for the most part, incredibly different. In the  following paper we examine this reality by presenting a literature review, discussing various studies and theories concerning gender communication. The paper then presents an episode of the popular HBO series  "Sex and the City" in further examination of how men and women communicate and work through a variety of relationships. Literature Review Simons and Cornwall (1989), in an article  concerning gender communication in the workplace, indicate that "The way men and women each communicate reflects their experiences from the moment someone said, Its a boy, or Its a girl.  Gender-based misunderstandings can cause anger, frustration, and resentment and, over the longer term, undermine trust and collaboration" (p. 42). They argue that one of the most important keys to bridging  the gap in communication is through acknowledging there is a problem or a difference. Too often people forget that men and women communicate differently, and therefor they react in a  manner that accomplishes nothing, seeing each other from their own method of communication. Merely because "men and women speak the same language, we assume they should be able to understand  each other...The obstacles in cross-gender communication are often greater than those between foreign cultures" (Simons; Cornwall, 1989; p. 42). Many believe, according to Simons and Cornwall, that merely because  the womens movement has gained a great deal of power in the past few decades men and women should somehow understand each other better. However, this is clearly not the  case, as the authors further illustrate in the following: Despite a quarter century of feminist progress and the many changes in gender roles in society, at a most basic and