Mariya Karatishova

This article deals with the particularities of male verbal behavior. Masculine communication strategies and tactics are generalized and systematized. The main purpose of this article is to justify the necessity of tak-ing into account the gender factor while analyzing verbal behavior of communicants. Among the most com-mon means of representation of male domination in the communication are initiative, accuracy, explicitness, the use of terms, the desire for dialogue rivalry and psychological "deafness".