It is a way of using words to maintain mental and emotional safety.
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Whether at home or at work we constantly face subtle verbal attacks that have the power to undermine our careers our relationships and even our self esteem.
Verbal self defense also known as verbal judo or verbal aikido is defined as using one s words to prevent de escalate or end an attempted assault.
Elgin s most important work of nonfiction the gentle art of verbal self defense offers original and useful ideas on how to recognize and counteract hidden insults innuendo and the.
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Suzette haden elgin heartily disagrees and in this new book shows how to disarm hostile language and radically improve communication with the gentle art of verbal self defense.
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Examples are less culturally relevant some of the verbal abuse made fun of women saying things such as even a woman would know how to do that.
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Readers will learn a variety of proven techniques for conveying negative messages in a clear and assertive manner but without antagonistic and destructive language.
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In her bestselling book the gentle art of verbal self defense psycholinguist suzette haden elgin reveals the secrets behind winning verbal.
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I tried reading through a hundred pages but found myself shaking my head at all the responses elgin formulated.
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The author s contempt for men aside the gentle art of verbal self defense is not about gently defending verbal attacks it is about offensively countering someone so you end up winning the battle.
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