In the essay‚ “Sex‚ Lies and Conversation” by Deborah Tannen‚ the author claims that the men more likely to talking in public place‚ but less at home. The women is more likely to talk to their husband at home‚ but do not talk in the public. We see this when the author explain the reason. She states‚ “In the public setting of a guest lecture‚ men felt challenged to show his intelligence and display his understanding of the lecture. But at home‚ where he has nothing to prove and no one to defend against
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Sex‚ Lies and Conversation “But often when women tell men‚ "You aren’t listening‚" and the men protest‚ "I am‚" the men are right.” This was a quote the heard while at a gathering of men and women speaking about marriage and communication. Deborah Tannen‚ the hostess of the gathering decided to dive further into the study of exactly how men and women communicate‚ and how this communication can affect their lives and their marriages. Tannen’s study enveloped not only the aspect of how men and
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10/24/12 English Comp 1 “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation” Journal Males and females live very different lives. They think differently‚ they act differently‚ and they communicate with other people differently. Now‚ don’t believe that all men think the same way and that all women act the same as well… because that is certainly not true. However‚ in order to differentiate males and females from each other‚ you have to use statistics from the majority of each one to be
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to talk at home because they do not have to fear about creating conflict with others. 2) The author’s main belief in “Sex‚ Lies and Conversation”‚ is that both men and women come from two different cultures and that during a simple a conversation it would seem as if it was “cross-cultural communication”. Tannen states that in a research video‚ she noticed that during conversations between women‚ “their eyes anchored on each other’s faces and they faced each other directly”. However‚ for the men she
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Tannen: "Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation" #2 The first thing that comes to my mind when reading an article like this is‚ "Has this writer maybe encountered frustrating situations like this before?"‚ or "Is the writer possibly trying to express personal emotions in the topic discussed?" Whatever the case may be‚ the point she is trying to make is clear to me. It is the events and relationships that happen early on in life that may interfere and have effect on the intimate relationships that occur
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In Deborah Tannen’s essay “I’ll Explain It to You: Lecturing and Listening”‚ she asserts the belief that even though men and women speak the same structural language‚ their motivations for speech and conversational patterns are very different. In the earlier years of development‚ Tannen observes that girls use speech to find confirmation and establish intimacy‚ whereas boys use speech to assert their independence and attain social status. After transitioning to adulthood‚ women find themselves bored
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Summary of "Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation" Did you know that the divorce rate nowadays is almost fifty percent? In the article “Sex‚ Lies and Conversation: Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other?”‚ written by Deborah Tannen‚ she discusses how men and women contact with each other‚ and how different the ways of communications for opposite sexes are. She also talks about how the lack of communication is breaking the relationship between men and women. Tannen states that
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-98 2-15-11 In reading Deborah Tannen’s essay “You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation‚” I was found to believe that the main idea of this essay was the language of everyday conversation. The subject of Deborah Tannen’s essay would be in my opinion the difference in which males and females use communication skills. When it comes to men‚ they seem to talk more if they were sitting next to a female. Also a boys way of communicating with other boys‚ was not by talking‚ but by
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article “Sex‚ Lies and Conversation: Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other?”‚ by Deborah Tannen‚ she describes the reasons why men and women have different ways of communicating with each other. Tannen also argues that the lack of communication is breaking marriages. Tannen describes that the differences in communication start at an early age. For young boys‚ doing things together builds friendship. By having a large group of friends‚ boys avoid having intimate conversations. On
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From Deborah Tannen’s essay “Sex‚ Lies and Conversation” I feel as though she is expressing her personal view of the different communication styles amongst men and women. In the essay‚ she writes “…American men tend to talk more than women in public situations‚ they often talk less at home.” (Tannen 408) Her expression of the American gender roles is very simple‚ masculinity among men and femininity among women‚ even something as direct as communication. Men really take over in social settings. Men
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