Ok, so I am doing a huge project/paper on this book I read -- You Just Don't Understand - Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen. The book basically describes the differences in women and men's conversational style -- genderlects.
Women's Style:
Communication is a way to cultivate, nurture and maintain relationships Read More »
Have you ever thought about how we’re socialized to assume gender roles and the way we think about gender roles? Read More »
Well, I'm finally back from Greece. To be honest, it was pretty boring. Didn't go sight seeing much. Didn't go to the beach much. Just stayed with my grandparents in their rural mountain village. Read More »
In Faulkner’s much vaunted The Sound and the Fury Caddie Compson responds to her brother’s questions of why she allowed a boy kiss her by taunting his horror of the defilement of what he perceives to be her honor, claiming
“I didn’t let him, I made him!” Read More »
I first started questioning this when I found out, several years ago, about individuals who were intersex (old term "hermaphroditic") from birth. As in, some people are born with mixed genitalia and/or sexual organs from both genders. Read More »
My five-year-old charge is a princess. He loves pink and frills. Polly Pockets, Groovy Girls, and Disney princesses fill his toy box. He just had a playdate with one of his many girl friends, and he traded her a unicorn costume he had outgrown for the dress she was wearing. Read More »
So, I have liked this guy for two and a half years, but distance has seperated us for that long as well. I live in Ohio; he lives in Michigan. Thank goodness that my grandma lives in Michigan and my best friend's sister lives in Michigan; otherwise I would probably never see him. Well, this weekend is going to be a dream come true (a dream that has gone on for far too long!) Read More »
