While walking through a random office the individual sees a multitude of women who suggest many things through their appearance, while all the men in the office will have the same style of trousers, dress shirts and shiny shoes. There may be slight variations in male appearance, but none of these variations compare to the variations evident in women. Deborah Tannen uses her essay "There is no Unmarked Woman", published in 1994 in the book Talking From 9 to 5, to advance the idea that in the professional and working world all men are fundamental models unmarked the from each other as women mark themselves through the use of particles in linguistics, the way they appear, fill out a form, and change their surname after marriage. Tannen begins his essay by analyzing the people present at his small business conference: four women and eight men. Notice how each woman presents something different through her clothes, makeup, hairstyle and shoes. While women distinguished themselves through their appearance, males were the unmarked elements of the group, with no particular separate styles. Tannen uses his knowledge of linguistics to try to explain this fact. Use the marked linguistic term. Marked refers to the particle that has no meaning just like es es (Tannen, 141). These particles only make sense when attached to the root word such as desires and shortcomings. The root word or unmarked words are related to “male”; while the particles marked as ess represent the woman, for example the word actress. Unfortunately, even the female endings bring out an idea of ​​stupidity. Tannen also highlights the fact that women can't even fill out forms without providing information about themselves. When men are asked to fill out forms, they choose... the center of the paper... rk Times, ndWeb. October 28, 2010. abortion.htm>. Longley, Robert. “The birth rate in the United States is at an all-time low.” About.com. The New YorkTimes Co., 2010. Web. October 20, 2010. censusstatistic/a/aabirthrate.htm>. Monahan, Michael. “Complications You Can Have with Your Abortion.” AbortionFacts.com. Heritage House '76, November 15, 2006. Web. October 20, 2010..Peterson, Linda H. The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction. New York:Norton & Company, 2000. Print.Torres, Adia Forest, Jacqueline Darroch. "Why do women have abortions?" Guttmacher Institute 20.4 (1988):169-176. JSTOR. Network. 20 October 2010.2135792.pdf?acceptTC=true>.