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Feminism, Gender

Let’s Talk About Tentative Speech

I have a three-hour commute, and in all that reading time, I’ve come across a few articles in the past couple of months about women and tentative speech. Tentative, or indirect, speech, as I've come to understand it, is speech that seeks to not offend or take a firm stance.  For example, beginning a comment… Continue reading Let’s Talk About Tentative Speech