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 | | Women and men have always had different styles of communication, but understanding those differences is especially crucial in the workplace, because they often dictate salaries, promotions and power. |
 | | For instance, "men don't like to ask questions, because they've been brought up and conditioned to think that their job as a man is to have all the answers," Beckwith said. |
 | | Beckwith was in a meeting where a male co-worker said, "And then they called an audible on the play," a phrase she found so confusing that she had to interrupt to ask for an explanation (it means they stopped and changed directions). |
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