对性别的重新阐释及其影响

Both females and males have felt needs. Females generally feel a primary need for connection while males generally feel a primary need for status. To meet their need for connection, females create intimacy with others; while males meet their need for status by distancing themselves from others. Females can establish intimacy by emphasizing symmetrical relationships, built upon similarities; while males can establish independence by emphasizing asymmetrical relationships, built upon differences. (p.5)

对网路学习的影响：在线教育资讯%V%A/DId;K;x,b

gender and attitude toward conflict; gender can affect how people communicate; gender can affect how people feel about themselves in an online learning environment. "we must note that theories of conflict and gender become ambiguous in the digital world. If cooperative enterprises such as MMORPGs and MUDs can cause people to alter their behavior, then surely this principle may extend to the online classroom.“在线教育资讯oLg7_p)D4T1K]

Females tend to use a number of tools to create the intimacy that made them comfortable in the online social experience.