learn quite a lot about intimate relationships from both my teacher‚ Youngjin Kang‚ and our book‚ Intimate Relationships by Rowland S. Miller. There are many important topics to take out of this class‚ but there are five that I want to focus on. These topics include: attraction‚ communication‚ interdependence‚ and power. I will relate these topics to me and my girlfriend‚ Abby. We have known each other for just around two years now and have developed a strong relationship ever since we first met
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INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP ANG COMMUNICATION Developing Intimate Relationship Self-concept and Self Esteem * To have successful relationships‚ we must first accept and feel good about ourselves. * A positive self-concept and a healthy level or self-esteem help us love and respect others. * As adults‚ we probably have a sense that we’re basically lovable‚ worthwhile people and that we can trust others is‚ as babies and children‚ we felt loved‚ valued and respected; if adults responded
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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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connected. I have witnessed that without proper communication and effort‚ a relationship will suffer. If wounded‚ the heart of a man or women can take years to heal and in that healing breaks through a new creature ready for a new adventure and to win the heart of the one that they love. You Just Don’t Understand Deborah Tannen is the author of the novel‚ “You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation.” In this book‚ she talks about the various meanings of communication between men and women.
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about a host of bandwagon issues which negatively impacts women. Women often are judged outwardly based on their appearance‚ focusing their attention to the importance of dressing themselves well in order to balance with the societal pressure. In Deborah Tannen’s essay “Marked Women”‚ she asks herself that “what style we women could have adopted that would have been unmarked‚ like the men’s. The answer was none. There is no unmarked woman.” (270) which emphasizes how women can be marked. She implies
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In the society today we are surrounded by love and hate. In the article “Taking Words’ Too Literally” by Deborah Tannen explains about the comments of the “argument culture” that is happening today in the United States. She states that we are more confrontational and less open to others’ ideas. Which made Tannen think that we are confrontational about our own ideas‚ and explains on why she thinks that based on her experience. In the article “Taking Words’ Too Literally‚” she defines her meaning
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In the essay “Wears jump suit. Sensible shoes. Uses husband’s last name” ‚ author Deborah Tannen uses this occurrence through figurative language that manifests as personal and general anecdotes to show the audience that everything a woman does conveys a message‚ which in turn exhibit that women are always marked. One anecdote that describes a situation where women are marked for their choices occurred when Tannen took part in a conference and she noted “each of the women at the conference had to
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extremely opposite ways‚ and don’t always comprehend each other. The problem in between male and female communication is that the men are more directly and women re more complex and emotional than men. In “ His politeness is her powerlessness” by Deborah Tannen‚ an american academic wrote‚ “ The women does not feel she has the right to ask directly.” (50). This is saying that in today’s society women are overpowered by men. I do not agree because it isn’t fair that woman be feeling like they have no
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Can differences in communication between men and women be defined as black and white? Deborah Tannen’s essay “But What Do You Mean” divided the biggest areas of miscommunication between men and women into seven categories‚ three of which caught my attention for personal reasons. As examined‚ women have a habit of apologizing to maintain a pleasant atmosphere. Tannen expressed how men and women react to complaints‚ as well. Jokes were also discussed‚ suggesting that men razz each other to maintain
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“But What do You Mean?” is an excerpt from Deborah Tannen’s book Talking from 9 to 5 for Redbook Magazine. Tannen begins by explaining the simple business communications that ensue between people and the different ways simple business communications are interpreted by men and women. Women seem to take others feelings into consideration when speaking with them‚ whereas men want to one-up their position or maintain their position. These differences are divided into seven areas of miscommunication.
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