In many relationships, communication is known as a common factor that presents as a problem amongst men and women. Men and women both have different perspectives and communicative skills when it comes to conversations. In Deborah Tannen’s article, “Sex, Lies, and Conversation: Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other?” she discusses the different means of conversational skills amongst men and women and how divorce rates in the United States have been linked misunderstandings in gender communication styles. Women often say that their husbands don’t talk to them at home. As Tanner points out in the article, “…the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations, they often talk
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As stated, “Boys and girls tend to play with children of their own gender, and their sex-separate groups have different organizational structures and interactive norms” (Tanner 73). Tanner continues by stating, “… these systematic differences in childhood socialization make talk between women and men like cross-cultural communication” (Tanner 73). I believe that this correlation between childhood interaction and adult interaction amongst women and men is true. Most young children grow up believing that the opposite sex has the “cooties”, therefore, staying away from the opposite sex and establishing a close bond with those of the same sex. Although this is not how all children are raised as young kids, it is the typical way in which they’re raised. As a child myself, I interacted with both guys and girls, however, I interacted with girls more because that’s who I related the most with; considering the fact that girls play with dolls and boys with dinosaurs and trucks. The body language of males and females when they are both different in many aspects. As Tanner states in the article, “Switching topics is another habit that gives women the impression men aren’t listening” (Tanner 74). As a woman myself of course, I have been in a situation where a guy changes the conversation topic and I then become frustrated because it feels as though they are dodging the topic in which I addressed. And typically, when a person dodges a topic or dodges responding to a topic, it means they’re hiding something, which then makes a person even more
As stated, “Boys and girls tend to play with children of their own gender, and their sex-separate groups have different organizational structures and interactive norms” (Tanner 73). Tanner continues by stating, “… these systematic differences in childhood socialization make talk between women and men like cross-cultural communication” (Tanner 73). I believe that this correlation between childhood interaction and adult interaction amongst women and men is true. Most young children grow up believing that the opposite sex has the “cooties”, therefore, staying away from the opposite sex and establishing a close bond with those of the same sex. Although this is not how all children are raised as young kids, it is the typical way in which they’re raised. As a child myself, I interacted with both guys and girls, however, I interacted with girls more because that’s who I related the most with; considering the fact that girls play with dolls and boys with dinosaurs and trucks. The body language of males and females when they are both different in many aspects. As Tanner states in the article, “Switching topics is another habit that gives women the impression men aren’t listening” (Tanner 74). As a woman myself of course, I have been in a situation where a guy changes the conversation topic and I then become frustrated because it feels as though they are dodging the topic in which I addressed. And typically, when a person dodges a topic or dodges responding to a topic, it means they’re hiding something, which then makes a person even more