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    for that problems are husband and wife actively addicted to drug‚ alcohol or withholding sex; however‚ the biggest problem of divorce is the women and the men failed in conversation‚ they miss understanding between husband and wife. According to Deborah Tannen‚ ’’Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation’’ that she explained the women and the men are different between biologically and inherently. The men are really good at communicating‚ frequently offering ideas and anecdotes but the women like to talk more at

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    the United States rises greatly per year‚ the question as to ‘why’ comes up. Which then brings many factors into perspective‚ but the factor of miscommunication comes up more frequently than others. As published in The Washington Post in 1990‚ Deborah Tannen discusses the factor of miscommunication in her article‚ “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversations:Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other?”. In which she discusses how communication or the lack thereof can impact marriages for both

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    Miscommunications Deborah Tannen’s “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation” is a brief look at how men and women communicate with one another and the cross-culture differences between their individual styles and needs for conversation. Women often say that men do not listen or do not want to talk. Tannen gives reasons why women tend to believe that men are not listening‚ and shows that just because men have a different approach to communicating does not mean they are not listening to what women are saying

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    of communication when expressing ourselves to others. This difference is extremely prevalent within conversation between men and women. One of the strongest communication barriers lies within gender; American academic and professor of linguistics‚ Deborah Tannen alongside business and marketing team Robin Croft‚ Clive Boddy and Corinne Pentucci‚ both shed light upon the varying aspects of conversation among women and men. Tannen presents her thoughts in the form of her essay Sex‚ Lies and Conversation;

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    Deborah Tannen’s essay on “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation” highlights the different communication styles of men and women. Tannen attempts to get beyond simplistic stereotypes that‚ for example‚ women chatter constantly while men are ‘strong and silent‚’ or‚ conversely‚ that women are shy and quiet and men are more articulate than their female partners. Rather‚ the truth behind these contradictory stereotypes is much more complex. Tannen opens her essay with an anecdote drawn from her own personal experience

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    between men and women‚ whether it is between children‚ teenagers‚ or adults; because of a cross gender society. Once both sides understand this "cross-culture communication" problem‚ so that no gender is blamed‚ improvement will naturally occur. Deborah Tannen‚ is an award winning writer and a best selling author for her eccentric essays based on differences of male and female conversations. In the essay‚ "Sex‚ Lies and Conversation" she writes on the many distinctions of the style of conversations

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    Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women To Talk To Each Other? In the essay Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation‚ Deborah Tannen explores why marriages have such a high divorce rate and how conversation plays a key role in this. Tannen touches on many different opinions and viewpoints and supports a lot of these opinions with statistics. Her points are very clear‚ however the essay contains many unsupported opinions. The essay‚ as a whole‚ is very informational but also could be revised to better persuade

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    Legalization on Organ Selling Idaho State University Bishal Thpa Dr. Thomas Pfister English 1102-17 5 December 2013 Legalization of Organ Selling Deborah Kotz’s article on “Women can Sell their Eggs‚ so why not Kidney” is basically about the legalization of organ transplantation. In this article she argues if women can sell their eggs then why not kidneys? She wants organ selling to be legalized. She also has mentioned other writers like Sally Satel who also thinks organ

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    someone who has a strong desire of someone or something but a lot of times it’s over a celebrity‚ which in Deborah King’s article had a lot to say about. In the article‚ The Impact Celebrities Have on Our Lives‚ Deborah King argues on how the fascination of celebrities is unhealthy and how celebrities have a negative and a positive influence on our generation and children. I agree with Deborah King that celebrities have a negative and positive

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    Courtroom Observation 82A04-8876-CV-285‚ Deborah White vs. Patrick Gibbs and O ’Malley ’s Tavern Liberty University Busi 301 The case being observed here was that of Deborah White vs. Patrick Gibbs and O ’Malley ’s Tavern‚ case # 82A04-8876-CV-285. This was brought before a mock U.S. District Court panel of judges‚ in the Northern District of Indiana. The Plaintiff being Deborah White‚ and the Defendant being Patrick Gibbs and O’Malley’s Tavern. The Plaintiffs’ Attorneys are Amanda

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