I was just getting to that! I think the difference is that, at root, there are distinct gender differences in conversational styles, subjects of interest, social rules, but not racial ones. Also, most ppl are heterosexual which does impact a mixed atmosphere.https://twitter.com/1ovthafew/status/1005031607575687168 …
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I doubt things are usually *that* clear-cut. Men talk about people & relationships too and women talk about things they've bought & things they want to buy and we all talk about politics, culture & ethics but I was struck by the stereotypical conversations in the two spaces.
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And stereotypes are bloody accurate, I'm afraid. We probably would not have spoken at length about dealing with in-law relationships if a man had been there, not because he'd have nothing worthwhile to contribute but because we'd anticipate him getting bored quite quickly.
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Similarly, when I went outside, the men's convo stalled cos they were uncertain whether they should stop talking about whatever it was - the merits of X Box vs Playstation - and say something to include me because they assumed, quite rightly, that I did not care about this.
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Yup. I once sat next to a guy (who I got on well with) at work five days a work for three years, during which time he met someone, got engaged, and then married. We must have talked about football for several hundred hours, but I never found out his partner's name.
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This is undoubtedly an extreme example, but it does lock on to the people vs things divide.
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Absolutely! I don't even think it's that extreme. I have worked with many women and known the fine nuances of every one of their close relationships but never known what kind of car they drive, what computer system they have & assumed they didn't have a football team.
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Why do you think that is? Why the gravitation to these types of interactions in same-sex groups?
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I think it's the combination of the things/people interest divide which also results in more women in social jobs & more men in technical ones, and the mode of conversation divide which gets men accused of mansplaining & women of gossiping.
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