Deborah Tannen provided well constructed examples in her article “But What Do You Mean?” discussing how conversations are mis-communicated between men and women. First, Tannen described apologies in miscommunication. A woman would expect a man to reciprocate an apology to her to share the blame in equal parts. For example, if a female professor accidentally hit a male professor as she walked past him, she would want him to apologize after her apology. Furthermore, Tannen explained the downfalls of women apologizing too much. In other words, most polite women would consistently apologize, resulting in men viewing them as weak. Second, she proved that fighting results in miscommunication. For instance, a female and a male co-worker can have a
