Is this your experience? Is this accurate?
Women raise their voice when they think they aren't being listened to.
Men raise their voice when they think they aren't being obeyed.
I raise my voice louder when I am excited about something...
I find when I speak in a meeting or group, I am quieter so people need to hush to hear...
I will pay more attention to see if this is true in my world...
hahaha. Yes and then we're told we are being hysterical
I think this is too simple a comparison but ( ) many men do the selective hearing thing so there is no discussion and the women will follow her own direction when she does not get a response and then the guy decides she isn't doing it the way he wants and starts yelling. Just seems I've had this scenario played out b4.
This sounds right to me.
This is important.
I get tired of being told I'm hard of hearing.
The point is, woman; I heard you. I'm ignoring you.
If she were more soft spoken - i'd be more responsive.
But I've told her this too often - and without raising my voice.
Now she doesn't have the advantage of my company and generosity.
Probably, but women raise their voices when their children don't obey them, LOL!
Not my experience... Not many people have raised their voice to me... Man or woman.... And I usually raise my voice if someone disrespects me...
...let’s see.. Was recently surrounded by 3 women attempting to accomplish a task, with me. Loud, unnecessary and unrelated attention seeking comments & assertions are what I vividly remember.
Why? Nervousness. An attempt to ‘help,’ though only adding to the difficulty of the task.. An attempt to take control of a situation they felt powerless within.
It was not appreciated by me. Another guy who’d helped (taking off ASAP), quiet, thoughtful and aware.. I thanked him, several times. What a contrast.
Loud men… Attention seeking. Challenging. A barking dog, as much to keep others at bay as a real threat.. Some, controlling; so it’s interesting ‘being a guy’ who ignores their bluster. Eventually, they get it ..and calm down.
Doubt one size fits all or either, but those are my assessments
People raise their voices when they feel angry or alarmed. Tantrums spring to mind.
The only time I yelled at my daughter was when she ran after a ball toward traffic at age two:
"Claire! STOP!" I ran and scooped her up.
It's a matter of expectations and conditioning, I suppose. Women expect to be ignored, tuned out, or to be unacknowledged. Men expect to be obeyed or to have their wishes given priority.
how often are you talking to a woman in a group of people and then when a man speaks, the women shut up and defer to the man. I am thinking this is changing with the younger generation but it irritates me, I'm 55, when women do it.
@MsDemeanour Often the man interrupts, and women just let him do so, out of habit. It's gratifying that younger generations aren't as quick to defer to men as ours tends to be, but it does still happen too often. Conditioning requires a conscious effort to overcome.