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According to Deborah M. Weissman, she argues for “consideration of existing domestic violence, the paradigm of the criminal justice system that needs new deliberation regarding gender-based economic inequality and indecisiveness in the current structure” (Weissman 221) as a premise in “Law, Social Movements, and the Political Economy of Domestic Violence” (Weissman 221). As the origin and knowledge basis of domestic violence has decreased more than other disciplines of investigation precisely…

The story “ Looking for x “ by Deborah Ellis is about a small family of 4 , The mom tammy, the daughter khyber, and two twin brothers Daniel and David . The two brothers have autism. The family lives in a poor neighborhood in toronto. Tammy used to be a stripper and after that job she never went back to work ever again. Tammy gets economic help from the government, social workers always visit the two twin brothers and khyber to see how they're going . khyber hates the fact that the social worker…

several arguments that have brought up about the issue of differences that exist between men and women. Some of these elements that are often noted are simply assertions while others are based on scientific facts. In ‘Sex, Lies and Conversation’ by Deborah Tannen and ‘We’ve got the Dirt on Guy Brains’ by Dave Barry, some of these elements have been pointed out. In Barry’s point was based on housework, but the Tannen’s point was based on communication. On the aspect of comparing and contrasting…

In 1990, Deborah Tannen wrote the article “Sex, Sighs, and Conversation”. In her article, she explains to the audience why men and women can not communicate. The author primarily supported the main idea, by telling a story, giving examples, and statistics. The author gave an example of when the woman was chatting with the man that “why do not we ask someone?” The man was saying, not for the first time, “I am sure it is around here somewhere. I will just try this street.” In my opinion, the…

For many people, for persuasion to truly be effective, one needs not only facts and credibility, but an appeal to emotion. The Argument Culture does this quite effectively. Deborah Tannen’s use of Pathos in her rhetorical setting is, for the most part, quite effective. Each one gives a new facet to her overall opinion, and can even change the way one might read the paper. There are, of course, some places where this Pathos doesn’t quite work, however including that, her use of pathos greatly…

The article “Sex, Lies and Conversation” by Deborah Tannen illustrates several points about the differences and similarities between the conversational techniques of men and women of varying ages. In her article, she mentions how men and women have different expectations of what a conversationalist is supposed to do, one of them being that women “assume a conversationalist's job is to express agreement and support” (para 19) meanwhile men “see their conversational duty as pointing out the other…

Throughout the short story “The Weather” by Deborah Willis there are many present themes, perhaps the most common and recurring one is how people can affect each other and their relationships, and how fast they can change between “passion and sweetness and sadness.” The ever changing relationships between the three main characters Edith, Braden, Rae and even Nina, the non-existent mother, are a constant drama throughout the story. The changes between Edith and her father is ever-changing, in…

Throughout a person’s lifetime, they are like to have faced inequality. Whether it is inequality for race, gender or beliefs, inequality is certainly inedible. In the “Equal Discrimination” passage, Deborah Tannen describes a problem in which gender is not a factor. However, in the “Unequal Remedies” passage, Tannen explains why the remedy to the problem is a gender issue. These passages go into detail on why a speaker struggles to bring their message across the audience. She claims on how there…

Deborah Tannens essay “Sex, Lies and Conversation: Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk To Each Other?” offers many explanations as to why men and women converse differently. Tannen concluded from her own research that the linguistic differences, body language, and silence in opposing settings have an equal contribution as to why the genders communicate differently among groups of all the same gender and groups of opposing gender. While women often add their input on a situation men find…

Communication Between Males and Females Let’s face it, communication holds a great significant and value in life. Communication is everything. Men and women tend to communicate differently, which causes issues between the male and female bond. Deborah Tannen wrote an article called “Sex, Lies, and Conversation: Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other.” She talks about the difference in the chatty conversation women want and how verbal communication is not necessary for men. The…