- Women talk a lot - Men's language is normal and women deviate from this - Women have a smaller vocabulary and know it so well that they speak faster - Novels by women are easier to read because they use smaller words
- Men and women are equal - Men talk more than women - Women are intelligent and have a large vocabulary
Robin Lakoff's Main Ideas
- Women are less powerful because they are socialised into behaving ladylike which deviates from the powerful stance - Mens language is more prestigious and desirable
- Women are more powerful than men because they are ladylike - Women are more prestigious because they are more powerful and therefore more desirable
Deborah Tannen's Main Ideas
- Men seek status, women seek support - Men seek independence, women seek intimacy - Men seek advice, women seek understanding - Men seek information, women seek feelings - Men give orders, women give proposals
- Men seek support, women seek status - Men are more in touch with their feelings - Women seek Information, men seek understanding - Men seek intimacy, women seek independence
Dale Spence's Main Ideas
- Male superiority is a myth but male power is not
- Male power is a myth but male superiority is not
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