10/24/12 English Comp 1 “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation” Journal Males and females live very different lives. They think differently‚ they act differently‚ and they communicate with other people differently. Now‚ don’t believe that all men think the same way and that all women act the same as well… because that is certainly not true. However‚ in order to differentiate males and females from each other‚ you have to use statistics from the majority of each one to be
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In Deborah Tannen’s essay “I’ll Explain It to You: Lecturing and Listening”‚ she asserts the belief that even though men and women speak the same structural language‚ their motivations for speech and conversational patterns are very different. In the earlier years of development‚ Tannen observes that girls use speech to find confirmation and establish intimacy‚ whereas boys use speech to assert their independence and attain social status. After transitioning to adulthood‚ women find themselves bored
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to talk at home because they do not have to fear about creating conflict with others. 2) The author’s main belief in “Sex‚ Lies and Conversation”‚ is that both men and women come from two different cultures and that during a simple a conversation it would seem as if it was “cross-cultural communication”. Tannen states that in a research video‚ she noticed that during conversations between women‚ “their eyes anchored on each other’s faces and they faced each other directly”. However‚ for the men she
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-98 2-15-11 In reading Deborah Tannen’s essay “You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation‚” I was found to believe that the main idea of this essay was the language of everyday conversation. The subject of Deborah Tannen’s essay would be in my opinion the difference in which males and females use communication skills. When it comes to men‚ they seem to talk more if they were sitting next to a female. Also a boys way of communicating with other boys‚ was not by talking‚ but by
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Tannen: "Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation" #2 The first thing that comes to my mind when reading an article like this is‚ "Has this writer maybe encountered frustrating situations like this before?"‚ or "Is the writer possibly trying to express personal emotions in the topic discussed?" Whatever the case may be‚ the point she is trying to make is clear to me. It is the events and relationships that happen early on in life that may interfere and have effect on the intimate relationships that occur
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continuing problem known as miscommunication. It is safe to assume that we have all‚ at one time or another‚ have found ourselves frustrated and unsatisfied with the opposite sex. When it comes to intimate relationships‚ this concept seems to rise at a greater level of agitation and tension than other relations with people. Deborah Tannen’s Genderlect Theory gives insight to where these communication complications come from between opposite sexes. She highlights the matters of communication differences
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Summary of "Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation" Did you know that the divorce rate nowadays is almost fifty percent? In the article “Sex‚ Lies and Conversation: Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other?”‚ written by Deborah Tannen‚ she discusses how men and women contact with each other‚ and how different the ways of communications for opposite sexes are. She also talks about how the lack of communication is breaking the relationship between men and women. Tannen states that
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How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently by Deborah Tannen In Deborah Tannen’s essay How male and female students use language differently explained’ she describes the difference in the way men and women communicate in class. Ms. Tannen has years of experience in the classroom‚ and has inked several books on language. Deborah Tannen can be considered and specialist on this subject. In this essay she tries to convey the message to her readers that women and men communicate in differently
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In “How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently” by Deborah Tannen illustrates the day to day gender differences in institutions. Tannen is an author and professor that researched the difference in genders in school. Tannen successfully enlightens her colleagues about men and women differences in education institutions by‚ establishing her credibility through research‚ observations and using her logic. Tannen did research and wrote a book comparing men and women in education institutions
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article “Sex‚ Lies and Conversation: Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other?”‚ by Deborah Tannen‚ she describes the reasons why men and women have different ways of communicating with each other. Tannen also argues that the lack of communication is breaking marriages. Tannen describes that the differences in communication start at an early age. For young boys‚ doing things together builds friendship. By having a large group of friends‚ boys avoid having intimate conversations. On
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