Sex Lies And Conversation Tannen Summary

In “Sex, Lies and conversation” Tannen expresses, the distinct differences of both men and women in the way they converse with each other. Such as, men tend to listen rather than converse and women tend to expect a certain response to everything they say. While both genders seem to have their differences Tanner, examines the underlying method of how both gender converse. The first similarity that Tanner explains, is that women and men seek trust in a relationship with their friends, they just have different ways of expressing them. Women tend to search for intimacy in a friendship that occurs through deep conversations. Tanner states, “little girls create and maintain friendships by exchanging secrets; similarly, women regard conversation