Battle of the Sexes “American men tend to talk more than women in public situations‚ they often talk less at home” (Tannen). Even though it sounds unreal‚ this is a large problem when it comes to communication between men and women‚ whether it is their cultures‚ or society‚ but they have different impressions of communication‚ which have been created since their childhood. Deborah Tannen‚ in her article “Sex‚ Lies and Conversation” compares the styles of conversations on both men and women. She mentions
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The article “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation” by Deborah Tannen discusses the different ways men and women communicate. The selection “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation” was taken from Tannen’s book “You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation”. In the selection Tannen‚ a linguist’s‚ describes the discrepancies of communication between men and women. Most women cite conversation as a problem in relationships between a man and a woman. The discrepancies start in the stage of childhood. This is
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from 7000-10‚000 words‚ whereas a woman can speak anywhere from 20‚000-24‚000 words. Thousands upon thousands of words are thrown out of the human brains‚ but how many of those are truly understood? More importantly‚ how many of those are not? In Deborah Tannen ’s essay‚ "Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation‚" pathos and logos are dropped in bombshells in order for the reader to feel accessible to such information. She poses the question‚ "Why is it so hard to talk to my spouse?" Through various statistics and
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debate the ultimate motive is to prove that one side is right and the other is inherently wrong‚ rarely leaving any room for middle ground. Sadly‚ because of debate’s prevalence throughout society‚ American culture and education has been deduced to lecturing and mere dualistic contention. From news shows to elementary classrooms‚ logic and reason serve as the gateway to discovering truths‚ according to western education. But what exactly are the consequences of a debate-centered education system‚ and
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matters‚ which could be used in the readers’ own lives. I have chosen four essays that I have read this term from which I have learned from. The four essays I decided on are: “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell‚ “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation” by Deborah Tannen‚ “What Really Scares Us” by David Ropeik‚ and “Delusions of Grandeur” by Henry Louis Gates‚ Jr. In George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” Orwell writes of his experience in British ruled India in the early Twentieth Century. At the time‚ he
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“rapport” Deborah Tannen‚ linguistics professor and author of You Just Don’t Understand‚ believes that men and women differ in the focus‚ or driving force‚ behind their communication. According to Tannen‚ men converse with a focus on achieving social status and avoiding failure‚ while women focus on achieving personal connection and avoiding social isolation. Men want to report‚ women want rapport. Not that men don’t value involvement or women status‚ but these aren’t as important for either. Tannen offers
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Critique on Genderlect Styles. Deborah Tannen once quote “saying that men talk about baseball in order to avoid talking about their feelings is the same way women talk about their feelings in order to avoid talking about baseball”. From here‚ it shows that men and women have their own culture of communication and its different from each other. She mentioned it as ’cross-cultural communication’ between this two gender. Its not about words which comes out from their mouth‚ its about their manners
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will give you from the article “Sex‚ Lies and Conversation”‚ by Deborah Tannen‚ you as the wife‚ should be able to understand that both of you are different with communication. The differences in women and men are caused because of the way they were when they were children‚ they usually “tend to play with children of their own gender‚ and their sex-separate groups have different organizational structures and interactive norms” (Tannen 1). You don’t have to get a divorce‚ it’s a very common misunderstanding
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Communication in the Modern World The article “The Argument Culture”‚ written by Deborah Tannen‚ the tendency of the American culture to encourage aggressive two-sided debates over issues is examined. Tannen proposes that communication and effective listening in our society needs to be more productive .In the past‚ a conversation among people did not need to have a purpose other than to inform each other‚ but now conversations are presented as a standoff between two opposing parties. However
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communicate in different ways with their peers and subordinates. Little did we know that the communication differences we experienced as children on the playground would move from the classroom to the boardroom. Based on her research‚ Deborah Tannen concludes that “boys’ and girls’ early social lives are so different that they grow up in what are essentially different cultures.”[3] Therefore‚ talk between women and men could be considered cross-cultural communication‚ lined with as many
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