Our individual cultures are reflected in many ways – what we wear, how we identify ourselves (names), what we eat, what we read, even how we speak. Can we include gender as a culture (both a culture of males and a culture of females) as we do Canadian, Ethiopian, Christian, etc.? What would be some of the differences between these gender cultures?
             To answer this question, we must first define Culture. The text defines culture as:
             The relatively specialized lifestyle of a group of people, consisting of their values, beliefs, artifacts, ways of behaving, and ways of communicating. Included in "culture" would be all that members of a social group have produced and developed – their language, modes of thinking, art, laws, and religion – and that are passed from one generation to the next through communication rather than through genes.
             Using this definition, it would be correct to say that there is a distinct cultural difference between men and women.
             A good example of this distinct difference is seen in the reading, Sex, Lies, and Conversation. This reading discusses how men and women differ in their ways of communication. One example women tend to look for eye contact as a sign that someone is listening to them; where men tend to look around and avoid eye contact.
             Another way that men and women differ is in their modes of thinking. The reading Sex, Lies and Conversation also describes how women and men differ in the way that advice is given. Men tend to be blunt and to the point where women want to be comforted.
             Men and women differ in the way that they speak to each other. In Sex, Lies, and Conversation, a study was done on the conversation patterns of boys and the conversation patterns of girls. The boys talked about "55 different topics, none of which extended over more than a few turns". This was dramatically different when the Girls were studied. The girls talked...