The book that I decided to read for the research paper is "You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men In Conversation" by Deborah Tannen. The book seems to be an analysis of the roles of women and men in daily conversations, and how these two "cultures" that have "different-but equally valid-communication styles" can sometimes come into conflict with each other. Tannen also talks about the opinions of experts in many different fields of study and the help they offer in order to minimize these conflicts and misunderstandings that arise because of the differences in the way men and women speak, think, and react.
I chose this book because I have always noticed that there is some subtle difference in the way men and women speak and in the way they interpret and react to things they hear. This has always made me wonder about how gender influences the way a person speaks, interpret what others say, and react to it.
I hope that after reading this book, I will have a greater understanding and awareness of exactly how men and women both think and speak and how to use that to try to avoid creating misunderstandings and conflicts with others.
i definatley agree with you when you say that men and women react differently to different context. Women are way more sensitive then men. they over analyze things. Men tend to just shrug things off.
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll bring this into our class discussions. It'll make an interesting debate.