In the article “Marked Women,” Deborah Tannen explains the social way of judging women by their appearance or other factors, but not judging men for the same reasons. Tannen uses her observation at a conference of four women and eight men to analyze how each woman at the meeting was marked while the men were not. Once again, Deborah highlights the problem of how one gender writing about the other is either portrayed as biased or sexist. The author explains that men have the freedom to wear whatever they want without their clothes having much meaning, but for a woman, every style has meaning. In the article, Deborah Tannen states: “There is no female hairstyle that can be called standard, that doesn't say anything about her,” which further supports her point. The author uses the different clothing styles of three ladies at her lecture as examples when trying to attribute them? to their respective personalities. However, she noticed that the men were all dressed the same because they had the freedom to do so. In my opinion, the author's assessment is limited. Tannen did not consider the formal framework of his case study, so to speak. In such settings, men are often limited to business attire and a simple haircut, just like those she observed among her male colleagues in the article (page no.). For example, it is inappropriate for a man to go job hunting or go to an interview in shorts and a plain t-shirt, but in a casual place like a bar he has more freedom in choice of outfits. This example shows that men are only marked in certain situations and contexts. Further, Deborah also states that every woman's style has an implicit meaning. In paragraph 12, she says: “Each of the women present at the conference had to make... middle of article ......ument. The article introduces a secondary argument about society's view of one gender by writing about the other. . A woman who writes about a man is seen by society as a prejudiced person. It's true; In my opinion, a woman writing about a man is sexist. I think a woman writing for example about the flaws of the male character is sexist because both genders have flaws and why should only one gender be questioned. In conclusion, I think the author Deborah Tannen had a reasonable argument, but her supporting evidence was somewhat biased and it was not strong enough to fully support the arguments. Moreover, it introduced opposing opinions; she just looked at the argument from a woman's point of view. As for my personal opinion, women are judged a little more than men, but that doesn't mean men are free from this societal evaluation..