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 a one-up position; however‚ women’s jokes tend to put themselves down. Regarding Tannen’s description of these three
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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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In the article‚ “But What Do You Mean?”‚ author Deborah Tannen discusses what she has observed to be differences in ways that women and men communicate. She concludes by stating that neither communication style in incorrect‚ however‚ to alleviate miscommunication women and men should use language that is understood by both parties. While I don’t disagree with Tannen’s observations I find some flaws with her solution. Women and men are not significantly different‚ as recent brain studies have shown
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Have you ever thought about what makes almost every woman want to be tagged with the word “sexy”? Social media presents us with the images of woman with unrealistic figures and impractical capabilities of women‚ which satisfies the societal standard while giving pressure onto women. Driven by this pressure‚ women force themselves to reach the impractical standard which brings about a host of bandwagon issues which negatively impacts women. Women often are judged outwardly based on their appearance
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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 between men and women‚ their speech was like an interlanguage communication. While this piece draws on research done by Tannen and other researchers at the time‚ it was widely viewed with a level of skepticism by academics
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expectations between the sexes‚ poses as a communication gap between the two genders. It causes us to have different impressions of social interaction between men and woman. One must understand the other sex in order to come up with a solution. In Debrah Tannen’s essay on “Why Is It So Hard For Men and Women to Talk to Each Other‚” she tries to inform us of this lack of communication between men and women and the problems that it can cause. The author starts off by giving the reader an
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others and assert their own opinions to be proven right. On the other hand‚ girls perform much better in a more peaceful discussion that does not involve disproving others‚ but stating their opinion and reflecting on the topic with personal anecdotes. Tannen discusses this phenomenon by sharing an incident with a colleague. She says that her colleague had a method of discussion in which the class reads an article‚ then tears it apart‚ disproving the author’s claims. He then says that he tried Tannen’s
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Different?” “Boys will be boys” (Tannen 193) is a statement is said quite frequently. Boys can sometimes be more outspoken in any kind of group setting‚ whereas girls are more than likely to keep their opinion to themselves. In How Male and Female Students Use Language differently‚ written by Deborah Tannen‚ we are giving a look into how because boys and girls behave differently there is a reflection of that in the classrooms. Through an experiment in a classroom setting Tannen was able to gather how differently
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needing nonspecific revisions‚ and red italics are commentary.) I know I’m pretty harsh‚ but just remember if I didn’t want you to do well I would do less… Comparative Critique: Ways of Seeing by John Berger and There is no Unmarked Woman by Deborah Tannen Once upon a time‚ (I’d stay way from this… perhaps) a group of dodo birds inhabited an island in the Indian Ocean. The men (males—men refers to humans) were large and colorful with fearless attitudes(‚) while the women (smaller females) were smaller
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