Human Sexuality

Yesterday in class I noticed something that was very interesting to me. In human sexuality, we learned about the communication differences between men and women. So in class I started paying attention to these subtle differences. For example, one of the women answered a question in class and said "correct me if I'm wrong" but blah blah blah. None of the men who answered questions or participated used these speech disclaimers. Why is this?? In human sexuality we learned that women engage in more "rapport" talk while men engage in more "report" talk. Women use tag questions such as "that was really weird, wasn't it?" They use hedge words such as kind of and they use disclaimers such as "I may be wrong but.." Men don't use any of these speech tools! Why is it that women feel the need to diminish their own authority when they speak? Taking what I've learned from this class I am convinced that the need to act this way stems directly from male dominance. Men have made women feel that they can't possibly know more than men do. Taking it further, men have convinced women that they can't possibly be right! Why else would women feel the need to say things like "well I may be wrong?" We really need to take a closer look at little differences like this and realize that they are not so little after all.