Do we speak the same language?

“Gender differences in communication” was the topic for a presentation I delivered in my phonology class and, as I found it so interesting, I wanted to share it with you.
It is said that men and women not only think differently but also speak differently. How is this explained? Just read and I am sure you will find plenty of examples from your own experience to illustrate each point.
Men and women are considered equally intelligent (of course) but they tend to see the world from different perspectives: men think compartmentally and women think globally. This means that “they” (men) store information in different compartments which resemble a file cabinet drawer system. When one drawer is open the others are closed. When they are spending time with friends they completely forget about their girlfriend/s. Women, on the other hand, tend to see life from a more global perspective, thus, making connections between different things that belong to different aspects of her life. A women looking at a men t-shirt in a shop window may associate it to a similar t- shirt that her boyfriend wore in their first date and as a result she may text to tell him that she loves him.
As I said, men and women also speak differently. While women speak in paragraph form supported by lots of details and the bottom-line (sentence that summarizes the idea) at the end, men tend to speak in phrases without a lot of detail and with the bottom-line at the very beginning. Another characteristic of women is that they use “hint language”. They tend to express needs, whishes or desires framed in the form of questions, raising their shoulders as if they don’t know what the answer is. Something men will not decode since hints are not part of their language. Men tend to take language very literally, focusing on the content rather than in the hidden meaning.
So, I hope this helps you understand why sometimes, when talking to a man, things may not go as expected. When you are communicating with the opposite sex, try to bear in mind all these differences.