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In There Is No Unmarked Woman, by Deborah Tannen, she says "the men's styles were unmarked" and that "there in no unmarked woman", hence the title of the piece (Tannen 553-54). While there may not be an unmarked woman, I think it is unfair for her to claim that these men were unmarked. There may not have been something very flamboyant about these men that would've caught her eye, but that doesn't mean they are unmarked. Since she is a woman she might not be as keen at picking up small details in men's appearance as men are. Just like the way I don't pick up on small details in girl's appearances, she might not have been able to pick up on details in the men's appearances. She wasn't a member in that specific community, so for her to label them as unmarked and comparing them to the people in her community, the marked women, is biased. However, it could have been different back then when she wrote this, but nowadays, there are labels for everything. If a guy wears an expensive hoodie with Jordans, he could be called a "hypebeast". A guy wearing a vineyard vines quarter zip with boat shorts and Sperrys could be called "preppy". These labels are widely known to other males, but might not be easily detectable by a woman. Although these examples are extreme and stereotypical outfits for these groups, there is a label for everything and I believe that nothing is unmarked if you are looking at it with the correct perspective. Everything can be classified and heavily analyzed so that it fits into a specific "marking" or group.

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  1. Sai RavulaFebruary 2, 2020 at 6:07 PM

    I agree in that there is more of a nuance in who is unmarked and marked. In the business environment, where there are strict clothing regulations, there is bound to be unmarked peoples, but in other environments and cultures there is unmarked men.

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