Gender/Sex Compliments
Please write a short literature review about compliments for the categories listed below. Sources have been provided. You can use the abstracts of the articles for content of each compliment category.
1. Gender/Sex
– Al-rousan, M. Y., Awal, N. M., & KhazriyatiSalehuddin. (2016). Compliment responses among male and female Jordanian university students. GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies, 16(1), 19–34.
Wogan, P., & Parisi, C. (2006). Compliment Topics and Gender. Women & Language, 29(2), 21–28.
– Bailey, B. (2017). Greetings and compliments or street harassment? Competing evaluations of street remarks in a recorded collection. Discourse & Society, 28(4), 353–373. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957926517702979
– Guéguen, N., Fischer-Lokou, J., & Lamy, L. (2013). Compliments and receptivity to a courtship request: A field experiment. Psychological Reports, 112(1), 239–242. https://doi.org/10.2466/28.07.21.PR0.112.1.239-242
– Doohan, E. M., & Manusov, V. (2004) The communication of compliments in romantic relationships: An investigation of relational satisfaction and sex differences and similarities in compliment behavior. Western Journal of Communication. 68(2), 170-194.
Sample Solution
Gender and sex play an important role in how compliments are interpreted and responded to. Al-rousan et al. (2016) studied the differences between male and female Jordanian university students’ responses to compliments, finding that women were more likely than men to respond positively to positive comments. Wogan & Parisi (2006) further examined gender differences in compliment topics, discovering that women’s compliments focused more on physical appearance while men emphasized accomplishments.
In addition, Bailey (2017) investigated competing evaluations of street remarks, finding that some found them flattering while others viewed them as harassment. Guéguen et al. (2013) conducted a field experiment looking at receptivity to courtship requests based on how people react when receiving a compliment from a stranger; their results suggest that men may be more responsive than women when given such praise.
Finally, Doohan & Manusov (2004) explored the communication of compliments within romantic relationships, examining relational satisfaction and sex differences/similarities in compliment behavior; they found that both men and women enjoy receiving compliments from those close to them but show different reactions depending on the context of the praise received. In summary, these studies illustrate how gender/sex can influence one’s response to being praised or flattered in various contexts.
