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    Malcolm X v.s. Deborah Tannen Malcolm X and Deborah Tannen developed their ideas forty years apart. “Malcolm Little” was Malcolm X’s nick name (Malcolm X 85). Born in Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ in 1925‚ Malcolm X rose from a world of street crime to become one of the most powerful and articulate African American leaders in the United States during the 1960’s (Malcolm X 85). Born in 1945 in Brooklyn was Deborah Tannen (Tannen 192). She taught in different countries‚ different states and many different

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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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    Similarities The essays are both talking about communication. 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

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    ENG.111.0002 5 July 2016 Sex‚ Lies and Conversation In the essay "sex‚ Lies‚ and conversation” Deborah Tannen deliberates about the variance in communication styles between men and women and how it originates the many problems in relationships and marriages leading to separation and divorce of most couples. There is more to communication differences than just basic stereotypes about the two gendersDeborah gives examples‚ experimental results and researches conducted to analyze and explain communication

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    Summary of “Understanding Mom” In the article “Understanding Mom”‚ author Deborah Tannen conveys the relationship between her mother and herself‚ and the difference in personal values between the generations. Mrs. Tannen wanted an ordinary life for her daughter‚ whereas she wanted anything but ordinary. This may have caused disagreements through Tannen’s life growing up so differently than her mother. As she expresses her disregard for makeup‚ her mother insists she wear it when in

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    Jessica Warren Professor Holly Foster English 111-09H June 13‚ 2014 Arguing: An Always Present Force Dr. Tannen is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University. Her study of language and how it is utilized has led her to have many books on the “Best-Selling” List. In her book‚ “The Argument Culture”‚ Deborah Tannen takes a closer look at how we as a society have come to view arguing/debating as a normal form of communication. Our inability to look at more than two views at a time‚

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    In today’s Society conversations between males and females has become difficult. There are a lot of miscommunications between males and females. In Deborah Tannen’s article “ Sex‚ Lies and Conversations” Tannen talks about how men and women talk differently to each other as well as the misunderstandings between each. She believed that no one person was at fault‚ whereas the differences caused by sexual standards. I feel that communication changes between males and females when in a different age

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    ourselves‚ “have we given up on public schools?” Have we given up on the kids because we have given up on the future? Benjamin Barber stresses this thought-provoking idea because there is‚ without a doubt‚ a need for a change. In a book written by Deborah Tannen called The Argument Culture: Moving from Debate to Dialogue‚ she expresses the idea that when two parties have a debate over an issue then usually there can only be two sides to a solution; no more no less. The more one side gets into conflict

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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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    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 population and has written an extensive book on her theory. To define these communication conundrums‚ Tannen discusses "rapport-talk" and "report-talk". She defines "rapport-talk" as "For most women‚ the language of conversation is primarily a language

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