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    catastrophic failure. While this example is incredibly vague‚ it shows what miscommunication between males and females can create. “Sex Lies‚ and Conversation” describes the differences in male and female communication. This article was written by Deborah Tannen‚ who has a PHD. in linguistics and has written dozens of articles for big time newspapers and journals‚ and has also written more than twenty books. “Sex Lies and Conversation” also examines the role communication plays in a successful relationship

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    Did you know‚ "men and women talk differently because they are raised in something like two different cultures: a male culture from which young men learn to speak like men and a female culture in which young women learn to speak like women?"(Cooper and MacDonald 9). Well‚ not actually from two separate cultures‚ but the idea of men and women being opposites as pointed out in the opening. Deborah Tannen has made her theory that a male culture and female culture each exist‚ very popular with the human

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    One is focus primarily on the way different genders communicate whereas the other focuses on the ways different cultures communicate. The essays we are going to examine are “Indecent Exposure” by Carla Power and “Sex‚ Lies and Conversation” by Deborah Tannen. These essays use research to back up their claims. My personal favorite of the two essays is Tannen’s. I found it to be more humorous and I seen these differences firsthand. Whereas Power’s although informative and important had a more melancholy

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    Deborah Tannen’s article regarding the performance of gender identity outlines how male herosexuality is presented via the manner in which men talk to each other. Western masculinity is characterized as being associated with strength‚ aggression‚ dominance‚ and sexual prowess‚ among other traits (McGarry 2017‚ Sully 2012). Heterosexuality‚ the attraction to the opposite gender‚ comes into play with traditional views of masculinity as the two are often tied together‚ to the point in which they are

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    In Deborah Tannen’s article “Conversational Styles: Talking on the Job‚” she discusses the differences in communicational styles between men and women and how they differ. In this article Tannen presents a few examples of how men and women approach certain situations and how each style has its advantages and disadvantages. Including how some men won’t ask for directions even if they are lost‚ meanwhile women will ask for help when they are in need. In my experience women tend to be more social‚ well-mannered

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    In her article “The Argument Culture‚” Deborah Tannen suggest that in today’s society people most confront others‚ in order to solve a problem. “The best way to discuss an idea is to set up a debate; the best way to cover the news is to find a spokespeople who express the most extreme‚ polarized views and present them as “both side.” Tannen gives as an example. Tannen explains the actions argument culture uses in order to find a solution. The right to express an opinion can be great‚ but it can create

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    A Contextual Review of Tannen’s You Just Don’t Understand Terron Graham University of Pennsylvania One of the most culturally significant pieces of literature in the field of language and gender is Deborah Tannen’s non-fiction book‚ You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation (henceforth also referred to as YJDU). Tannen‚ a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University who specializes in discourse‚ posited in this book that because of differences in basic underlying cultural understandings

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    encouraging students to participate in class discussion more‚ and even including participation as a graded assignment. However‚ many factors‚ such as gender and type of discussion‚ may affect how much a student will participate.             In Deborah Tannen’s book‚ You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation‚ she discusses how gender may play a key role in class participation.

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    Objective Comparative Analysis: “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation” and “In My Tribe” In “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation‚” author Deborah Tannen claims that understanding cultural differences can apply to gender differences in communication. Thus‚ she also claims that men and women communicate in different ways and because of that wreaks havoc in marriages; however‚ in the essay “In My Tribe‚” author Ethan Watters claims that the people of his generation are getting married later in life and that it is

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    kinesics. Moreover‚ the environment influences how people interact in their culture. In order to study how the environment influences people‚ we will be analyzing how men and women behave in particular environments and how these observations relate to Deborah Tannen’s and Macionis Wester’s stereotypes. We wanted to observe gender-specific behaviors‚ language‚ and nonverbal communication. We decided to study these components in gender-neutral environments. We first

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