Women are more noticeably shy then men. Non-verbally, their "body language" seems to communicate feelings of great uncertainty and self-consciousness. For example, I observed a woman in a bus en route to the Cherry Hill Mall. Her and a young man sitting directly across from her were engaged in what was apparently a mutual flirt. But the man seemed much more confident and cocky than did the female. For one thing, he was calm and …
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…the witnessed patterns of speaking and communication. Girls are "taught" to be shy an inferior-- and this is evidenced in their non-verbal coyness while speaking in a one-to-one situations with males. But men are taught that over-happiness is "queer" and so smiles are not nearly as common on the male's face as they are on the female's face. Both sexes certainly seem to enjoy talking-- but each is more comfortable in their own different scenario.