Explain how gender may play an important role in how we interpret verbal messages
What will be an ideal response?
According to linguist Deborah Tannen:
* Women tend to interpret messages based on how personally supportive they perceive the
meaning to be.
* Men are more likely to interpret messages based on issues related to dominance and power.
* Research confirms that psychological gender is a better predictor than biological sex of the
general framework we use to interpret messages.
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