The document discusses non-verbal communication differences between men and women, noting that men tend to claim more territory and use less eye contact, while women use more eye contact and are more likely to return smiles. It includes research data on interactions between men and women in various contexts, such as shared spaces. The analysis suggests that these differences affect social dynamics and communication styles.

1. By: Jessica Buck
NON-VERBAL
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
MEN AND WOMEN

2. Men
 Claim more territory
 Use less eye contact
 Less likely to return a
smile
 Take up more space with
body
 Stand at the same
distance no matter the
volume of someone’s
speech
 People don’t approach as
closely to men
Women
 Claim less territory
 Use more eye contact
 More likely to return a
smile
 Take up less space with
body
 Stand father away from
people who speak loudly
 Women are approached
by both sexes more
closely than men
IS THERE A DIFFERENCE?
https://wvde.state.wv.us/abe/HTGR/difficult/gendernonverbal.pdf

3. Situation: A man and a
woman sit next to each other
on an airplane. Which of
them most often uses the
armrest in the middle?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

4. 426 male-female pairs
284 men
57 women
*The other 85 did not claim.
ANSWER
https://wvde.state.wv.us/abe/HTGR/difficult/gendernonverbal.pdf

5. The Approach
Nodding
Touch
Non-verbal Encouragement
http://www.scienceofpeople.com/2015/02/body-language-differences-
sexes/
RESEARCH & MY EXPERIENCES

6.  Influence
 Emotions
 Encoding & Decoding
 Liars
 Attractiveness
 Customer Service
 Dominance
 Self-touching
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/beyond-
words/201202/are-man-and-woman-equals-in-nonverbal-
communication
SO WHAT
DOES IT
ALL
MEAN?

7. By: Jessica Buck
NON-VERBAL
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
MEN AND WOMEN