Gender Binaries: Fact or Fiction?
Deborah Tannen’s piece, Sex, Lies and Conversation: Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other and Deborah Cameron’s piece, What language barrier, show comparisons and differences through the communication between men and women. Deborah Tannen, in her essay, argues that men and women have grown up with different types of communication with the same and opposite sexes. Deborah Cameron, in her essay, argues that there are more language differences between different men or women within their own sex than there are between sexes. Male’s and female’s interactions with relationships are polar and cross cultural. The assertions male’s and female’s cause are socially constructed. In comparing Tannen’s and Cameron’s essays, it is clear that Deborah Cameron’s assertions about gender interactions are more liable. Deborah Tannen provides support for her argument in multiple different ways. One way is men and women interact by cross cultural. Men and women have different ways of listening and communicating. Tannen describes that men …show more content…
She quotes the April issue of American Psychologist which talks about children’s development that is most influenced by the social structure of peer interactions. The Pathos she interprets in her essay appeals to our emotions and values by talking about both male’s and female’s and how they both interact with each other. This makes the reader either agree and connect with the statement, or disagree to the statement. Lastly, the Ethos I caught in Tannen’s piece is she quotes different books and articles to back up her claims. The strategies she uses are effective because, she builds up her credibility, sounds factual and connects to the reader. This piece persuaded me due to Tannen’s rhetorical
Deborah Tannen’s piece, Sex, Lies and Conversation: Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other and Deborah Cameron’s piece, What language barrier, show comparisons and differences through the communication between men and women. Deborah Tannen, in her essay, argues that men and women have grown up with different types of communication with the same and opposite sexes. Deborah Cameron, in her essay, argues that there are more language differences between different men or women within their own sex than there are between sexes. Male’s and female’s interactions with relationships are polar and cross cultural. The assertions male’s and female’s cause are socially constructed. In comparing Tannen’s and Cameron’s essays, it is clear that Deborah Cameron’s assertions about gender interactions are more liable. Deborah Tannen provides support for her argument in multiple different ways. One way is men and women interact by cross cultural. Men and women have different ways of listening and communicating. Tannen describes that men …show more content…
She quotes the April issue of American Psychologist which talks about children’s development that is most influenced by the social structure of peer interactions. The Pathos she interprets in her essay appeals to our emotions and values by talking about both male’s and female’s and how they both interact with each other. This makes the reader either agree and connect with the statement, or disagree to the statement. Lastly, the Ethos I caught in Tannen’s piece is she quotes different books and articles to back up her claims. The strategies she uses are effective because, she builds up her credibility, sounds factual and connects to the reader. This piece persuaded me due to Tannen’s rhetorical