[T]he seeds of [the Argument Culture] can be found our classrooms, where a teacher will introduce an article or an idea . . . setting up debates where people learn not to listen to each other because they're so busy trying to win the debate.
We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has - Deborah Tannen
We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has
- Deborah Tannen
Treating people the same is not equal treatment if they are not the same. - Deborah Tannen
Treating people the same is not equal treatment if they are not the same.
Like most men, my father is interested in action. And this is why he disappoints my mother when she tells him she doesn't feel well and he offers to … - Deborah Tannen
Like most men, my father is interested in action. And this is why he disappoints my mother when she tells him she doesn't feel well and he offers to …
Part of the reason images of women in positions of authority are marked by their gender is that the very notion of authority is associated with malen… - Deborah Tannen
Part of the reason images of women in positions of authority are marked by their gender is that the very notion of authority is associated with malen…
Cooperation isn't the absence of conflict but a means of managing conflict. - Deborah Tannen
Cooperation isn't the absence of conflict but a means of managing conflict.
The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship. - Deborah Tannen
The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship.
To say that a person feels listened to means a lot more than just their ideas get heard. It's a sign of respect. It makes people feel valued. - Deborah Tannen
To say that a person feels listened to means a lot more than just their ideas get heard. It's a sign of respect. It makes people feel valued.
Male-female conversation is cross-cultural communication - Deborah Tannen
Male-female conversation is cross-cultural communication
Many men honestly do not know what women want, and women honestly do not know why men find what they want so hard to comprehend and deliver. - Deborah Tannen
Many men honestly do not know what women want, and women honestly do not know why men find what they want so hard to comprehend and deliver.
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