- to avoid preconceptions whereas men can make superficial decisions ranging incomparably narrow. In addition, Tannen suggests an example where women can be simply judged based on their titles - “Ms.” and “Mrs.” Tannen adds on by referring to Ralph Fasold’s research that it is actually the male that is marked. She writes, “Fasold points out that girls are born with fully female bodies, while boys are born with modified female bodies.” Tannen admits that she herself who is writing about the inequality between genders could be seen as a feminist, yet doubted that anyone would put that label on Fasold. Tannen concludes that she is unhappy about women not having the freedom to be unmarked as men had. Some days she just wants to get dressed and go about her business.
In addition, she compares the manners in which the sexes go about attracting one another. She is naïve in the sense that she believes couples can have open relationships without trouble. She is bored by the average day person. The narrator seems to be confused with and by society. The narrator first realizes she’s infatuated with a woman named Charlotte Greaves in the hallway of their dormitory.
Summary: “Who Does the Talking Here?” In the article “Who Does the Talking Here?” Deborah Tannen, a linguistics professor at Georgetown University, puts the studies of the stereotype that women talk more than men to the test. She argues that the comfort with various social situation varies between either genders (356-358). Tannen includes studies by Matthias Mehl in her research. These studies went against the idea that women talk more than men on a daily basis, and instead suggested that they both have the ability to speak the same amount. However, she does not believe that counting the words a person speaks determines whether or not they speak more than another (356).
There was one particular quote in the novel that seemed out of place in my opinion. The quote depicts women in a very negative way. The beginning of the quote is as followed: “Experience will teach you the real characters of the beings who chiefly compose your species” (86). The statement was made by a male character from the novel. Then the quote continues and states: “You will find them, [women] a set of harpies, absurd, treacherous, and deceitful—regardless of strong obligations, and mindful of slight injuries…” (86).
Last year, in my senior A.P. Composition and Literature class, we focused on a lot of fictional literature dealing with the same kind of societal issues. The Awakening by Kate Chopin as well as Daisy Miller by Henry James were both novels that showcase the oppression of women and evils of social hierarchy. These novels display the limitations and expectations that society pins onto women. Other novels I read include The Dead by James Joyce and Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy, both of which addressed the theme of materialism and wealth as factors to being regarded highly in society, and how this way of functioning in society leads people away from living a true and happy life.
Observation Paper: First Hand Experience of Observing Gendered Behavior The behavioral differences between men and women are almost so blunt and right in your face that most people do not even notice them without paying attention. I realized this after I went to three separate destinations with the mindset that maybe there would be some differences that were noticeable, but nothing that would surprise me. Oh boy was I wrong. The places I checked out were, the Thirsty Lion Pub and Grill, Wal-mart, and Cue Club, which is a bar on Mill Avenue. At each of these destinations I had observed many differences in the ways men and women communicated from basic gender roles to the social behaviors between each gender.
According to the author Deborah Tannen the article, Sex, Lies, and conversation" is about how differently men and women percieve conversation in their relationship. She states that lack of conversation is wreaking havoc within marriages. this is due to the fact that men and women have very different expectations of communication. Tannen describes how differences in communication start in the childhood socialization. For young girls, conversation is the cornerstone of friendship.
Article Review Smith, Cheryl C. "Out of Her Place: Anne Hutchinson and the Dislocation of Power in New World Politics." Journal of American Culture (December 2006). This article is a historical account of a colonial female that entered into an arena that is 99% dominated by males. The author’s examined the roles and responsibilities that women are expected to fill and how they were and are looked upon once they step outside of that realm. I believe that the primary thesis ion this article is gender discrimination.
Women go to salons to make themselves feel more confident and look great. When I walk into a salon all I see are women lined up on salon stools in front of huge 6’ by 7’ mirrors with big bright lights laughing to their hairstylist. Their hairstylist who tend to be women but also flamboyant homosexual men, hairstyling is usually done by women because they know what us girls want, but men who hairstyle usually know what men want to see in women so they style their hair. Then at the very back of the salon are ladies getting pedicures and manicures, there is usually an occasional man who gets his nails done, which makes a lot of people second guess. For example I think, why is he getting is nails done?
It’s a place where women are allowed to go and learn about what is said by society as to be a ‘man’s thing’. This party provides women with tools that are ‘cute’ and with the information they need and want to know. Nelsen interviewed many women at these ‘Tomboy Tool Parties’ and most talked about the comfort they had that it was only women at this party. One commenter even said, “If it’s all women everyone feels more comfortable and can ask whatever they want without feeling like an idiot.” (Nelsen 39) We live in a world where women want to become somewhat independent from men. They want to know more about tools so that they are able to use them when needed.