Communication between men and womenThere is a big problem when it comes to communication between men and women, whether between children, adolescents or adults; because of a mixed company. Once both parties understand this “cross-cultural communication” problem, so that neither gender is blamed, improvement will naturally occur. Deborah Tannen is an award-winning writer and best-selling author for her quirky essays based on the differences between male and female conversations. In the essay “Sex, Lies, and Conversation,” she writes about the many distinctions in the conversation style of men and women. The author's main belief in "Sex, Lies, and Conversation" is that men and women come from two different cultures and that during a simple conversation it would appear to be "cross-cultural communication." ". Tannen states that in a research video, she noticed that during conversations between women, "their eyes would focus on each other's faces and they would face each other directly" (Tannen, p.230). However, for the men, she said, "they sat at an angle to each other and looked elsewhere in the room, periodically glancing at each other" (Tannen p. 230). She shows the example of a young couple where every time she wanted to talk to him, he would lie down on the floor, close his eyes and put his arm over his face. She clearly thinks he's taking a nap, but he insisted he was blocking out everything around him and listening very carefully....