Not many people can disagree that men and women definitely have different ways of communication. In chapter seven we find out some of the ways that men and women converse while at work. According to Tannen of "You just don’t understand: Men and women conversations", Men seek status when engaging and women seek connections when speaking. This may be true, considering how men grow up from being boys; everything is a competition then. But to believe that it the only way men converse is not so in my opinion. Men can also have different motives to speaking with another person, especially in the work place. There are endless opportunities to build relationships in work rather than trying to prove status.
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I think that perhaps the type of workplace that the communication is being done in has an influence as to what type of communication it is (status vs. speaking). In a corporate/ business situation I think that the men are more likely to speak to gain status. If you were to take that same man and put him in a medical setting where his purpose is to heal or care for then he would benefit more by trying to seek connections with the patient as opposed to status.
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