Sex, Lies, And Dialogues By Deborah Tannen

There is not one person that can go in life without communicating, it is how people get to know each other and gather information. The power of communication is what makes things occur. In “Sex, Lies, and conversations” by Deborah Tannen, talks about how opposite genders respond to conversations, and how women are sensible and men are tougher. Tennan also describes how there is a distance between a marriage because of the lack of conversation,“‘When I come home from work I have nothing to say. If she didn 't keep the conversation going, we’d spend the whole evening in silence.”’ (Tannen 421). For over time communication has been a problem in relationships. The lack of communication in relationships has been seen as incongruence, interruptions, …show more content…
The partner may be trying to have a serious conversation or to get a point through. Now the most annoying part and rudeness is when the partner says something in the middle of a serious conversation. There has been researching on how men seem to interrupt women more than women do. In the research that was conducted out of 859 people, 67.8% of interruptions were performed by men, and 32.2% of interruptions were done by women ( Reeves). In a relationship, there should be certain boundaries that either partner should not cross while talking because it is disrespectful. There is a variety of interruptions in a relationship such as calls, meetings, cell phone usage, and even events that interrupt the day. These are ways that can easily mess up ones day with their partner, not only conversation. Researchers wanted to conduct a study to find how many times men and women interrupt one another, so they put a group of people in a meeting together. One of the ladies said she felt, “ disrespected.I have knowledge..”, women are more sensible to being interrupted (Reeves). This also can go vice versa, but in this level men and women communicate so …show more content…
This downplays the point of a date for relationships. A date is for a couple to spend their time with laughter, and endless conversations while having a great time. A report done by Pew research have found out that 25% of cell phone owners in a relationship have felt that their spouse or partner was distracted by their cell phone meanwhile they were together. Now 42 % of young adults between 18- 29 felt the same way (Lenhart). Now it seems to be more common in the younger generation because they are the ones being targeted with the new “ in” technology. Couples should put aside their cell phones while they are on dates, out of respect to their