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cj_jones 's review for:
You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation
by Deborah Tannen
I keep thinking I'll come back and finish reading this, but let's be honest it's been three years now and it's time to write the review and take this to Second and Charles.
This is not a bad book, it's just not useful for me. Maybe for somebody who's just discovered the concept of gender roles, this could be prescriptive but basically what they'll learn is 'this is what society tries to cultivate in men and women as it manifests in communication'. Have you heard "Men communicate to solve problems, women communicate to establish empathy"? Then you can probably give this book a pass.
This is not a bad book, it's just not useful for me. Maybe for somebody who's just discovered the concept of gender roles, this could be prescriptive but basically what they'll learn is 'this is what society tries to cultivate in men and women as it manifests in communication'. Have you heard "Men communicate to solve problems, women communicate to establish empathy"? Then you can probably give this book a pass.