Difference Model Theorists

• Deborah Tannen


  Coined the term 'genderlect'

  Men speak for status, women for support
• 6 contrasts

  Men give...

  A- Advice

  O- Orders

  C- Conflict

  I- Independence

  I- Information

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  Women give...

  S- Support

  U- Understanding

  P- Proposals

  I- Intimacy

  F- Feelings