Communication Styles Between the Genders

In "Sex, Lies, and Conversation: Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other?" an article that appeared in the Washington Post, Deborah Tannen analyzes the different conversational styles men and women have and how these differences frequently lead to misunderstandings when men and women communicate with one another. The differences she discusses include childhood interactions, body language, conversational topics, listener noises, and public versus private conversation. The beginning of men and women's different conversational styles can be traced back to different childhood…