Gender and Nonverbal Communication. Here is a brief summary of findings from research on gender differences in nonverbal expression (Burgoon, Guerrero, & Floyd, 2010; Guerrero & Hecht, 2008; Pearson, West, & Turner, 1995): (1) Women smile more than men; (2) women stand closer to one another than do men and are generally approached more closely than men; (3) both men and women, when speaking, look at men more than at women; (4) women both touch and are touched more than men; (5) men extend their bodies, taking up greater areas of space, more than women. What problems might these differences create when men and women communicate with each other?