This is something I often notice around me. 2 women can at the same time talk with each other and work at the computer or fax stuff focusing on their work and no eye contact is needed. Guys stop working, look at the one talking and expect you to look at them to feel that you're taking them seriously!
2006-12-03 19:56:49 · 11 answers · asked by Inno 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
The gift of multitasking. It's really that simple. I've been known to sit on the computer, feed my son, talk on the phone with my best friend and pay bills. When a man focuses on something he give 100% to it and can't then concentrate on anything else. That's the beauty of marriage, you need to learn these things and understand how your partner operates.
2006-12-03 20:07:46 · answer #1 · answered by BAnne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your making a blanket statement. However, when I make eye contact with the person I am speaking with it is to demonstrate that I respect and value their point of view or the information they are providing me.
And honestly...we men can actually run a fax machine and work on a computer while still establishing eye contact....perhaps women simply lack that skill.
2006-12-04 04:02:08 · answer #2 · answered by iraq51 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It is rude to be discussing something seriously and not make eye contact. You can judge someones reaction to what you are saying and pick up on body language if you have their full attention. It's also courtesy and much more professional.
2006-12-04 04:03:47 · answer #3 · answered by Wicked Good 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
habits of the past die hard. way way way way way back in the day women were not allowed to make eye contact with anyone except their husbands becuase they were not equals ith man sooo its just somthing that has been engraved into the mind. thats also why more women are shy than men are
2006-12-04 04:01:17 · answer #4 · answered by lucifer 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a matter of respect. I feel that if the person that I am talking to is not looking at me , they are just not interested in what I have to say.
2006-12-04 03:59:43 · answer #5 · answered by mike 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you don't feel like looking, don't look. I tend to be casual about eye contact, but not everybody is.
2006-12-04 04:04:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i din't think this is a gender thing per se... i think it's a matter of what you are doing at the time, and how important the information being exchanged is.
"well, how is so-and-so, i head she's redesigning her kitchen, oh yeah my son's choir class, oh and yes i think she has dyed her hair...." probably wouldn't require as much eye contact as "Where are your TPS reports?"
2006-12-04 04:02:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because guyes are more serious in talking and they talk with their mind whereas gals talks with their mind somewhere else and they tend to forget all. Still they are more talkative but without mind.
2006-12-04 04:03:15 · answer #8 · answered by thinkpose 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because we want to convince the person we talk to that what we've said is true and you must assume what we've said is all right.
2006-12-04 04:00:34 · answer #9 · answered by I think this is useful you see 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Man to man - eye contact can be threatening.
Man to woman - they are looking at your breasts.
2006-12-04 03:59:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋