Summary Of Can We Just, Like, Get Over The Way Women Talk

The article that I have chosen to summarize is “Can We Just, Like, Get Over the Way Women Talk?” written by Ann Friedman. In this article Ann Friedman discusses how women are undermined because of the way they talk. What she means by this is women are not taken serious when they speak because of the tone they speak in, choice of words they use, and low confidence that is used when they speak. Some specific examples of this are women saying the word “sorry” too much, saying the word “like” too much, and not saying their statements or opinions confident and bold enough. Ann Friedman makes the point in her writing that if a woman is saying something intelligent and all the that the listener can hear is how the woman is saying it, that is the listeners