Language styles in gender talk and intimacy persistence
Social psychologist Carol Tavris and Debra Tannen explore two culture language divides in men and women. Women use rapport talk to connect while men use report talk to preserve status, with Power language seen as male oriented. Linda Carli notes indirect speech boosts influence. women can speak male dialect in business, while men struggle with female speech.
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Robin Lakoff
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