All of us have different styles of communicating with other people. Our style depends on a lot of things: our educational background, our age, and it also can depend on our gender. The styles that men and women used to communicate have been described (1) as "debate vs. relate", "report vs. rapport", or "competitive vs. cooperative ". Men often seek straightforward solutions with problems and useful advice (2) therefore women tend to try and establish intimacy by discussing problems (3) and show concern and empathy in order to reinforce relationships. (4) Jennifer Coates, in her book Women, Men and Language, studied men-only and women-only discussion groups and found women (5) talk to each other they reveal a lot about their private lives. They also stick on to one topic for a long time, let all speakers finish their sentences (6) and try to have everyone participate. Men, on the other hand, merely (7) talked about their personal relationships and feelings but compete to (8) prove them better informed about current affairs, travel, sport, etc. (9) The topics changed often and the men tried to, over time, establish a reasonably stable hierarchy, with some men dominating conversation and the others talking very little. (10)