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The Study of Personal Space and Gender Differences60903班 6090308李晓玉6090313孙亚茹 6090319张红 6090329林敏 6090333杨一秀Preface Personal space is an approximate area surrounding an individual in which other people should not physically violate in order for them to feel comfortable and secure. The amount of personal space required for any given person is subjective. The notion of personal space was introduced by Edward T. Hall, who created the concept of proxemics. In his book, The Hidden Dimension (1966), he describes the subjective dimensions that surround each person and the physical distances they try to keep from other people, according to subtle cultural rules. Sex differences have been reported in personal space,as well ,with women usually feeling more comfortable at closer distances than men .Still other research suggests that interpersonal distance is influenced by social relationships .Women prefer more distance between themselves and an opposite-sex stranger than men do .Experiment shows that when people asked pairs of friends and strangers to stand at various distances from each other ,both men and women felt more comfortable when an opposite-sex friend stood close than when a stranger of either sex stood at that distance .In general ,women tend to stand closer when talking with friends than do men .Understanding these sex differences can help us behave appropriately in social situations with both men and women . Content and Aim In our common life, we have such kind of feeling, when our individual domain is invaded, we will feel nervous, if opp side ignores the body language, ultimately, we will leave from this seat and find another place to sit in. In order to finding out the differences of different people, our group made a research from about fifty undergraduates and analyzed the questionnaire. From some authentic research of psychological researchers, scientists have already found that different genders have different feeling of personal space. When you are chatting with an opposite sex, please perceive the opp side carefully. If he or she keeps still, it means he or she can accept the distance and feels at ease. If the opposite sex draws himself a little back, it means you have invaded his intimate personal space. What you should do is keep a little away from him. Everyone has his intuition of personal space. If we master this kind of body language, we can communicate with other people gently and avoid misunderstanding and dispute. People always use some phrases to describe the relationship between lovers and friends like sharing intimacy following as shadow inseparably attach , but it is the virtual romance in literature. People should be more rational and sensible to the real relationship. Only in this way, can we strengthen our intimate relation and avoid the disgust feeling of other people. So keeping the appropriate distance is the tactic matter in interpersonal communication. If you can master it flexibility, you will not have the awkward and unpleasant experience between you and other people. Based on this, our group design the questionnaire to research different genders opinion toward personal space and help the readers to better understand the personal space.Conclusion According to the research, men and women in the age between 20 to 25 have some apparently differences about personal space. Firstly, men dont know anything about personal space before accepting this research. Some women just have a little knowledge of personal space. To a conclusion most people dont have a sense of personal space. But we can also see from the research that eventhough they dont know personal space exactly, they also care about it unconsciously when communicating with other people. And also some of them want to protect their own personal space by some means. Secondly, for men, it is an upright elliptic ball. While for women, it is a elliptic ball. It means men do not like other people intrude them from front side. Therefore they have a distance in front and back of personal space. For example, when a boy reading in the library and on the other side of the same desk sitting a girl, the boy will cant concentrate on his reading any more and fell uncomfortable and unrest. But if the girl sit in his lateral side, he will not become so uncomfortable. On the other hand, for the girl, they do not like other people intrude them from the two sides: left and right. So they have a distance of personal space in left and right. In this condition they will be panic and leave her seat to find another new one . Thirdly, when they stay with friends or classmates of the same gender, they are also very different. Men care more about personal space than women. Men often have a larger zones and have a protective distance when communicating with their friends and classmates. While women do not have a very clear limit. We can often see that when two girls walking hand in hand together, but boys are not. If boys walk hand in hand, it will surprise and shock us. We may think that they have a abnormal relationship. Therefore, people do care his/her personal space unconsciously eventhough they dont know it clearly. They just dont know the exact definition of personal space. In fact they are always pay more attention to it no matter when they communicate with their friends ,classmates ,relatives or strangers. The condition differ from the characteristics of each person.Attachment1、 您的性别：（ ）A. 男 B.女2、 您的年龄段：（ ）A.1520 B.20253、 在看见本调查之前，您有没有考虑过私人空间：（ ）A. 是 B.否四、是否觉得宿舍缺少个人空间：（ ）A.是 B.否五、是否想过用其他方法来增加自己的个人空间：（ ）A.是 B.否六、因为讨厌宿舍的气氛或回避舍友，我不呆在宿舍：（ ）A.总是这样 B.经常 C.一般 D.很少 七、是否觉得在寝室打电话不方便：（ ）A.是 B.否八如果您进入电梯，电梯里有两到三个人，但仍有足够的空间，您会选择站在