Deborah Tannen and Dale Spender, explore the idea that men and women inhabit two distinct cultures. Is this still the case in the twenty-first century?

In this essay I will provide information and evidence related to Deborah Tannen and Dale Spenders theories to gender. I will also explore the idea that men and women inhabit two distinct cultures, and if this is still the case in the twenty first century?

When we think about what it is meant by being a man or a woman, we are usually less interested in the biological aspect of gender, the concept that covers masculinity and femininity. Children come to think of themselves as a boy or a girl, and children develop the idea that it is masculine to behave in one way and feminine, to behave in another….(short extract)