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Armstrong, C. (1996). Deborah Tannen comes to class: Implications of gender and conversation

in the classroom. English Journal, 85(2), 15.

In a conversation with a male student, Armstrong thought she was being “helpful”

and “supportive” when she “nodded vigorously” and punctuated his words with “yes.”

The male thought she was “rude” and “intrusive.” Concerned at the failure of the

conversation, Armstrong read Deborah Tanner’s You Just Don’t Understand, which

helped Armstrong understand the ways men and women interrupt each other. Men see

interruptions as “conversational bullying.” Women see them as “cooperative

overlapping.” What Armstrong thought was support and involvement the male student

saw as manipulation.

Gergen, M. (2001, June 6). Book review: Talking difference: On gender and language [by M.

Crawford]. Archives of Sexual Behavior 30(3), 338. Retrieved from InfoTrac database.

In her review of Crawford’s book, Gergen suggests that the “differences between

the ways men and women talk suggest that we might as well have come from different

planets.” Today, some view it as necessary to take a quick course in conversational

translations. Gergen says Crawford made in-depth inquiries into issues of how

conversation affects relations, power, and discrimination.