Tannen believes that men and women are cross-cultural when it comes to conversation. Analyzing the basic conversation, Tannen focuses primarily on married couples and marriage in general. Whether implied or not, Tannen fails to provide sufficiently credible scientific research to inform the public of his opinions and views. Tannen begins her argument by explaining a personal experience with a married couple she invited to a group meeting she hosted. Tannen uses this reliable experience to confirm that American men talk more than women in public and usually talk less at home. Tannen uses the word “crystallize,” to show the accuracy of his research through this personal discovery. Tannen states, “This episode crystallizes the irony that, although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations, they often talk less at home” (239). Tannen presents the research as if women are the only gender to “desire communication” in a relationship, without providing background information to support this theory. Deborah Tannen provides numerous personal accounts of the problems married couples seem to have, but she hardly provides any real scientific data