General differences between the "genderlects"

According to Tannen (1992), there are fundamental differences between men's and women's ways of communicating, which she terms "genderlects," as a takeoff on language dialects. She maintains that a man's world focuses on competition, status, and independence (the guiding principle being "we're separate and different"). Meanwhile, a woman's world focuses on intimacy, consensus, and interdependence (the guiding principle being: "We're close and the same.").