In my opinion, Tannen opens her essay with a discussion of sociologists and anthropologists because she wanted the reader to have an insight about her topic. It helps the reader to see her argument more vividly by giving background information. This also develops her entire essay as sociologist and anthropologists are both social sciences. Classroom dynamics deal with social science. To understand classroom dynamics, it helps the audience to have knowledge about how male and female socialize. She uses the concept of “ritual opposition” to help build her argument that genders communicate differently. Men tend to be more outspoken than women. Tannen gives evidence to support this she gives an example of how men tend have an agonism approach to