Interruptions from women also tend to be directed towards women speakers rather than men, while men in general interrupt more often than women. In informal settings on the other hand, where there is a collaborative effort of participants, women tend to display a fuller range of language ability (Vanfossen)
Gender Communication Most people are aware of the potential personal and social conflicts associated with communications between genders. Many would say that the issue of gender communication, or in some cases miscommunication occurs because of the perceived power conflicts between the genders, (Kalbfleisch and Cody 6) as if one or the other member of the differing gender, has more or less privilege to speak than the other, in part due to their social identity, an issue fundamentally influenced by gender
This is true across both genders as there are situations and contexts where each gender feels more privileged to speak as women and men from very young ages clearly have differing interests and therefore different contexts of comfort, in which they are afforded permission, through internal or external cues to speak. (Trenholm, Chapter 4) The comfort level of the context in differing situations is clearly tied to the concept of gender roles and interests, though it may seem stereotypical a woman may be more traditionally comfortable in a context such as a social situation where the issue of cooking is the topic, while a man may be more comfortable in a context where business or finance is being discussed