Comparative Analysis
The issue of the difference between how men and women use language has received a lot of attention with many researchers giving different findings. Liberman’s article, “Sex on the Brain,” explore the different findings, specifically on the difference of the number of words that men and women use. On the other hand, Stephenson’s article, “Turn on, tune in, veg out,” discusses the difficulty of understanding science fiction. The underlying concepts in the two articles is that the authors who have suggested that women use more words than men may be faulty while many people do not understand science fiction despite loving the genre.
