both use different strategies for tackling them. Amy Sheldon undertook an interesting set of analysis of ‘conflict talk’ and studied the discourse of 3-5 year olds in day care centers. “Boys she observed handled conflict in a more heavy-handed fashion, expressing more self-assertive statements and dominance, whereas the girls used more collaborative discourse negotiation…to mitigate conflict” (Clark, Eschholz, Rosa & Simon, 2008, p. 519). In addition to conflict  Framing the Issues strategies, there is also a difference in forms and pitch ranges between young boys and girls. Fern L. Johnson goes on to state that “since childhood, girls tend to speak in softer, polite, higher-pitched voices” compared to boys who have more “forceful, straight forward, lower pitched voices” (Clark, Eschholz, Rosa & Simon, 2008, p. 504). However, the differences in pitch and voice range is accounted for by the differences in vocal characteristics of males and females. Males have longer vocal tracts, larger larynxes and thicker vocal chords compared to females and this is the reason why there is a difference in pitch ranges. The result is that men typically speak in a lower pitch range- typically between 80 – 200 Hertz whereas women speak in a much higher version- between 120 – 400 Hertz. The term pitch refers to the vibration in the vocal chords, “with slower vibration making voices sound lower and rapid vibration making voices sound higher” (Yule, 2006, p. 224). What you might also notice is that at an early age parents are often heard telling their kids different things to sons and to their daughters. Sons are always told to ‘toughen- up’ and ‘stand-up for themselves’ and if they don’t act like it, they are advised ‘don’t be a sissy’. In contrast, girls are always commanded to ‘act ladylike’, ‘sit and speak properly’ and to ‘dress decently’. Th Framing the Issues ese reasons are also responsible for the differences in a woman’s speaking style and a man’s. ‘Chatty women’ and ‘Men of few words’ Women have always been addressed with typical phrases like ‘cackling hens’, ‘chatty women’ and ‘the gossip’ whereas men have been tagged with ‘the taciturn man’ and ‘man of few words’ (Clark, Eschholz, Rosa & Simon, 2008, p. 523-524). Women, undoubtedly, have been believ>