Although the difference in language between men and women has been widely discussed, most of the literature on the subject concentrates on two main theories. The first is the �dominance approach�, which claims that the difference in language between men and women is a consequence of male dominance and female subordination. In this view, women are a suppressed minority group. Supporters of the �difference approach� on the other hand, believe that men and women belong to different subcultures and that any linguistic differences can be attributed to cultural differences.