Gender and Language: Exploring the Different Communication Patterns from Podcasts

This study investigates how communication patterns reflect social and cultural issues, focusing on gender and language. The study employs a Qualitative research design using a textual analysis analyzing the communication patterns of the podcast host highlights the use of semantics, lexicogrammar, and phonology in videos from the podcast on toxic Filipino traits and Culture of different linguistic traits used by males, women, lesbians, and homosexual speakers to convey their ideas and feelings. While vocabulary choices reflect social standards, phonological differences, such as intonation and speech rhythm, distinguish speech across genders. Furthermore, discourse tactics and methods for establishing rapport, negotiating meaning, or asserting identity are examined. Communication is portrayed as a social activity influenced by a means to exchange information. This aligns with Sustainable Development Goal 5 (Gender Equality) by improving knowledge and language role in promoting and undermining gender roles and its use as a tool for inclusion or exclusion, and simultaneously supports Sustainable Development 10 (Reduced Inequalities) by encouraging more inclusive communication practices through raising awareness of diverse linguistic environment.