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Deborah Tannen Quotes: Many men honestly do not know what women want, and women honestly do not know why men find what they want so hard to comprehend and deliver.
         

Many men honestly do not know what women want, and women honestly do not know why men find what they want so hard to comprehend and deliver.


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The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship.



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Part of the reason images of women in positions of authority are marked by their gender is that the very notion of authority is associated with maleness.



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Cooperation isn't the absence of conflict but a means of managing conflict.



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The desire for freedom and independence becomes more of an issue for many men in relationships, whereas interdependence and connection become more of an issue for many women.



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More men feel comfortable doing "public speaking," while more women feel comfortable doing "private" speaking.



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We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups.



Words can be like weapons of destruction: It takes so much effort, and the cooperation of so many people, to build something - and so little effort of so few to tear it down.

Words can be like weapons of destruction: It takes so much effort, and the cooperation of so many people, to build something - and so little effort of so few to tear it down.





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