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This is similar to the observation Deborah Tannen made in her article: “Sex, lies and conversation” when she claims: “At every age, the boys and men sat at angles to each other and looked elsewhere in the room, periodically glancing at each other” (369). ... In “sex, lies and conversation” Tannen did a research on children where “The second-grade girls exchanged stories about people they knew” (369), and this is exactly what seemed to be the pattern between the two females. The women were setting across from each other and the man was sitting at the end of the table, which conquers with Tannen’s theory: “I found that at every age, the girls and women faced each other directly, their eyes anchored on each others faces” (369). ... This was also similar to Tannen’s theory when she states: “…the friend responded by asking probing questions and expressing agreement and understanding” (369). ... In the article, Tannen states that: “The sixth-grade girls talked about problems with a mutual friend. ... By interrupting the conversation, the male has clearly had enough of the topic and proves Tannen’s theory to be true.
Approximate Word count = 893
Approximate Pages = 3.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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