2 /PSH NEWS Capital Times
APril 13. 1993
Men or Women: Who is the dominating sex?
Michael Reteneller
Capital Times Staff
Gender related issues were discussed
among 25 students in the Communication
Genderly Workshop on March 23.
Janet Widoff, coordinator of student
activities, and Steve Backels, a counselor
at PSH, based the workshop on a similar
one done at Indiana University.
Jeff Nash, an EET major, said that
students sat around a table and were given
instructions to grab any one of the blue
papers on their tables.
"The exercise intended to show the
most dominating person at each table,"
Nash said.
Backels explained that people are not
always what they seem. He went on to say
how men might feel pressured to get the
biggest piece of paper, or how women
might use their nails in order to get some
paper.
The workshop proceeded with a quiz
that Widoff got from the Association of
College Unions International (ACLTI) at a
national conference at Indiana University.
Widoff attended the (ACOI)
conference seminar on gender and
communication issues. Using the (ACOI)
questionnaire, she surveyed on-campus
students earlier in the semester.
Widoff used the same quiz to help
students recall and discuss their answers at
Communication Genderly.
The quiz consisted of twenty
questions. One question was, "Do men
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talk more than women?"
Students at one of the five tables
agreed that women talk more than men.
Despite the stereotype, research has
shown that men talk more than their share
of the time, Backels said.
Widoff asked, "Are women more
likely to answer questions that are not
addressed to them."
Most of the 22 men that were present
agreed that the answer to this one was
,' true. ',
Actually, the answer was "false," and
men manage to capture more than their
fair share of talk time, Widoff said.
All the quiz questions followed along
the same guidelines of gender
communication problems and barriers.
Widoff said that she was pleased with
the turnout and the way students shared
their own ideas.
"There was interaction and answers to
questions," Widoff said. "Students
exchanged their own thoughts about the
issues."
Christine Strouse, a junior business
major, said that she attended the workshop
because she is always open to more
suggestions about how to communicate
better.
The general male consensus was that
that men need an edge in the dating
world.
"Men just want to know more about
women," said Eric Hokanson, an EET
major. He added that in his social
experience, he has noticed a big
communications background for a lot that
goes on at the paper.
For instance:
• The newspaper income thrives on the
ads it receives. People are needed to seek
advertisers. If you're a business or PR
major--or if you're just persuasive--this
job is for you.
•• Photography. The Capital Times
needs photographers and can train anyone
to shoot photos. The more pictures we
have, the nicer an issue looks and shows
us more of the campus life we don't see.
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Students discuss ways to break communication
barriers between the sexes
communication barrier between males and
females
The last workshop exercise involved
the students adding their own opinions to
the results of the on-campus survey.
The workshop was planned to help
students understand the issues.
"It got students to talk and think about
• Editors. This job does not involve
sitting down with a stack of articles and
looking for typos--a copy editor does that.
The Cap Times editor coordinates the
issue, assigns stories, deals with the
community and runs the entire club. If you
like to be in charge and are a motivated
person, give us a call.
• Layout. The paper lives and dies by
the physical layout. It's not a difficult
process, but it's time consuming. If the
layout team were larger, the paper would
get done twenty times faster.
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gender issues and social stereotypes and
communication styles," Backels said.
Before students ate the
complimentary hoagies, they were
encouraged to communicate as much as
possible with their partners, and to always
be truthful.
• Business Manager--a person good
with books who can write a check.
• Colutnnists. If you have some
opinions, or you want to try out some
material before doing stand-up, give it a
shot.
If you want to see the tradition
continue, and you're interested in helping
out, give us a call at 944-4970 or contact
Advisor Dr. Peter Parisi at 948-6203.
The best issues were put together
thanks to people who never had any
newspaper experience, but gave it a shot.
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