Back on the topic of genders and how women don't prefer smaller groups made up exclusively of women. This was because all the women talked so much that some of them did not feel they could contribute equally. “This is particularly revealing because it highlights that the same person who can be “oppressed” into silence in one context can become a talkative “oppressor” in another” (Tannen 348). This is not only a poor choice of words, but extremely offensive to anyone who has suffered honest forms of oppression. Putting the word in quotation marks doesn't take away from what he's implying. The fact that some people have such a personality that they are shy and nervous about speaking in groups of many people speaking is compared to the oppression of things like women having their heads cut off for not speaking, just to give one example . Oppression is something that affects many cultures and people every day, and it is not something to be taken lightly as Tannen did in his article. Tannen attempted to use children's generalizations about adults, creating an argument that lacks true evidence and credibility. Other than using a personal experiment that doesn't use enough scientific theory to be deemed accurate, the article lacks direction and evidence. While his perspective is interesting, the focus on linguistic and cultural differences detracts from his original ideas. It manages to make women as a whole look very bad in the eyes of the reader and does not fairly represent all aspects of the class.