Deborah Tannen offers an explanation for why it may seem that men don't listen to women. She claims that

a. most men are tired of listening to talkative women.
b. men don't listen as a way of establishing power and authority.
c. men aren't interested in listening empathically, regardless of the speaker.
d. many men don't show they are listening, whereas women do.
e. men focus on analytical listening rather than other forms of listening.


d

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