Why read Genderspeak?

Book cover of Genderspeak: Men, Women and the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense

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Communications guru Suzette Haden Elgin bridges the gender gap. In this groundbreaking book, the internationally acclaimed author of The Gentle Art of Verbal Self--Defense helps you anticipate and avoid the frustrating conversational knots in which men and women all too often find themselves entangled. Picking up where other authors leave…

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1 author picked Genderspeak as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Shelle Rose Charvet

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I have read this book so many times! It changed how I communicate with people operating from the Traditional Male Model or the Traditional Female Model.

She explains that someone’s Operating Metaphor can be “Life is a game” or “Life is like a traditional classroom”. Game players want to win, and students want to get a great evaluation or pass an exam, so I need to shift my communication style for each.

And who knew that women and men have different definitions of common terms? A lie is either: “Saying something that is not true” or “Something that is not…

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