Women seemed to be more emotionally involved in a conversation than men. Men protected themselves against pushing or domination by women. Tannen spoke about participatory listening where women could complete a speaker's sentence. Men interpreted this practice as interruption, lack of attention and intrusion. Tannen explained, "Men take women's ritual 'problem talk' too literally, just as women mistake men's ritual challenges for an actual attack" (Tannen 409). Emotional detachment has been reported when it comes to decision-making in men because they are more critical and factual in their comments.