for colds. If we became very sick and complained‚ then they would take us to the ER and have a doctor look at us. This rarely happened‚ but when it did it was usually something serious. When I choose a medical professional for myself I believe that gender is important. I feel more comfortable with a female doctor and I feel like I can relate to them more so than a male. I am a female; therefore‚ when I see a female doctor I am more likely to be open about my body and sexual organs. If I have a male
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message which is received‚ decoded‚ and responded to accordingly. Communication depends on relationships between the people who are communicating‚ and on common basics between them. Problems in communications between people usually arise due to differences in cultures‚ perceptions‚ values‚ and/ or expectations they may have from life. Communication is definitely more difficult this day in age because we ’re not always talking directly to each other. Computers and instant messengers have caused people
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Gender and Communications Communication is an ongoing‚ transactional process in which individuals exchange messages whose meanings are influenced by the history of the relationship and the experiences of the participants. (Adler‚ p.384) Communication depends on relationships between the people who are communicating‚ and on common basics between them. Problems in communications between people may arise due to differences in cultures‚ perceptions‚ values‚ and expectations from life. As in many
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global society‚ however the seemingly non-existent universal definition of politeness can also be responsible for the criticisms that these theories receive. When discussing the notion of politeness‚ the study of cross-cultural pragmatics as represented by Thomas‚ Tannen and Wierzbicka provide a deeper understanding of the appropriation of politeness and the difficulties that emerge as a result of cross-cultural misunderstanding. One of the major theories surrounding politeness is that of Brown
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cultural difference many of the innocent body movements we make when communicating are misinterpreted‚ and in the worst case‚ taken as offensive. Suppose you are sitting in a restaurant and the waiter brings you a hamburger with a steaming hot fresh cup of tea. You
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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
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man doesn’t know what to do and he can’t do it on his own. Men want to prove their competent by achieving things themselves. You may have noticed by now that John Gray‚ the author of this book tends to stereotype genders ignoring the fact that people are unique regardless of their gender. Men goes to their caves and women
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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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Literacy”‚ Deborah Brandt compared two children from two different families‚ and how each of them have been affected when accessing and developing literacy because of the environment of family. One‚ Raymond Branch‚ was born in a rich family and lived in resourceful town. Different from Branch‚ Dora Lopez‚ was born in a poor family and lived in the same town as Branch but poor resourced environment. Although these two children had grown up in the same town‚ environment of the family made a difference in the
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A Move towards Better Communication Deborah Tannen graduated from The University of California‚ Berkely‚ M.A. in 1979 with her PHD in Linguistics. She is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University. Tannen has written many books where she applies her theory of Linguistics to everyday situations. Some of her books are: That’s Not What I Meant!: How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationship (1986)‚ Talking from 9 to 5: How Women’s and Men’s Conversational
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