Difference Model

Difference Model

1. John Gray

   • differences are due to biological differences
     • no evidence to back this up
     • if they think differently then they will act differently

2. Deborah Tannen

   • she says that as they grow up differently the will naturally have different dialects
     • Tannen says that this is why men and women will typically walk away from a conversation with two different ideas
   • men and women have different aims in a conversation - women aim to build a relationship and men want status
     • seven different oppositions
       • status vs connection, independence vs intimacy, opposition vs support, report vs rapport, lecturing vs listening, public vs private, problem solving vs sympathy