CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN FEMALES
>> In conversations between
females, there is a lot of emotional support being sought
and given as well as talk about common interests, and if males
are discussed, they tend to be fictional males. 50% of the
topics concerned matters of emotional support, 20% were of
males (15% fictional or famous men, 5% real) and the rest
related to common interests.
>> Females
generally open a conversation with a greeting of some sort,
and when they need to end the conversation, state their reason
for leaving before saying a goodbye. In 43 instant messaging
exchanges between a pair of females, the conversation started
off with a greeting 36 times, and finished with a goodbye
33 times.
>> Female
conversations are rife with the use of emoticons and smileys,
much more sympathetic in tone, and if teasing exists, it is
of a gentler nature than the sort apparent in male conversations.
In an average 40 line conversation, there will be approximately
32 smileys, and derogatory names are used only 0%-2% of the
time.
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