Bossy Is More Than A Word To Woman Summary

Tannen’s essay “Bossy” is More Than a Word to Women shows that calling a woman bossy can often harm their mental fortitude. The reasoning behind this is because when girls are playing together, they often use language that shows that no one girl is better than the rest, and when a girl tells the other girls what to do, she is often shunned from the group. This leads to a fear of being excluded, which could explain why “bossy” is such a sensitive word with women.
I, personally, have both been called bossy and a leader, although I am not called either of them very often. When I was called bossy, I thought, “Okay. That’s nice. Now do what I told you to do.” I didn’t feel anything, except maybe irritated that the person wasn’t listening. Part