Men and Women, Perspectives on Communication
Men and Women, Perspectives on Communication
Throughout time it has been documented that men and women see things in the world from different perspectives. A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he wants but a woman will pay $1 for a $2 item she doesn 't want. Men and women 's minds are truly wired up differently, and I 'm not just talking about sex. Making love, for most women is the greatest expression of intimacy a couple can achieve. To most men, you can call it whatever you want just as long as they end up in bed. (Actually, I hope that is my last sexual reference.) A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears, and hopes and dreams. A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house. These are just a few crude stereotypical examples of how men and women see the world differently. Heartfelt, meaningful and truthful communication or the lack there of, is a primary culprit in accentuating the differences between men and women. Women long desperately for it and men don 't know how to or are unwilling to provide it. These differences, although sometimes very subtle, are also apparent in many of today 's literary classics. In the short story by John Steinbeck, "The Chrysanthemums", the husband and wife do not communicate effectively and both see their particular status in life differently. Stanley Kauffmann 's "The More the Merrier" is a funny look at four people 's perspective on what marriage would mean for them and how the secrets they kept will come round to bite them. But, perhaps, not all men and women are as ineffectual at communicating as those I have highlighted in the first two examples. Judith Viorst 's "True Love" is an expression of how she knows what she shares with her husband is true love. Most men would probably agree with her. There is obviously great two way communication in her relationship with her husband. Heartfelt, meaningful and truthful
Throughout time it has been documented that men and women see things in the world from different perspectives. A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he wants but a woman will pay $1 for a $2 item she doesn 't want. Men and women 's minds are truly wired up differently, and I 'm not just talking about sex. Making love, for most women is the greatest expression of intimacy a couple can achieve. To most men, you can call it whatever you want just as long as they end up in bed. (Actually, I hope that is my last sexual reference.) A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears, and hopes and dreams. A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house. These are just a few crude stereotypical examples of how men and women see the world differently. Heartfelt, meaningful and truthful communication or the lack there of, is a primary culprit in accentuating the differences between men and women. Women long desperately for it and men don 't know how to or are unwilling to provide it. These differences, although sometimes very subtle, are also apparent in many of today 's literary classics. In the short story by John Steinbeck, "The Chrysanthemums", the husband and wife do not communicate effectively and both see their particular status in life differently. Stanley Kauffmann 's "The More the Merrier" is a funny look at four people 's perspective on what marriage would mean for them and how the secrets they kept will come round to bite them. But, perhaps, not all men and women are as ineffectual at communicating as those I have highlighted in the first two examples. Judith Viorst 's "True Love" is an expression of how she knows what she shares with her husband is true love. Most men would probably agree with her. There is obviously great two way communication in her relationship with her husband. Heartfelt, meaningful and truthful
Cited: Poem Viorst, Judith. "True Love." Literature, An Introduction to Reading and Writing. 2nd Compact ed. Eds. Edgar Roberts and Henry Jacobs. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003. 471. Short Story John Steinbeck, "The Chrysanthemums." Literature, An Introduction to Reading and Writing. 2nd Compact ed. Eds. Edgar Roberts and Henry Jacobs. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003. 359-66. Play Kauffmann, Stanley, "The More the Merrier." Literature, An Introduction to Reading and Writing. 2nd Compact ed. Eds. Edgar Roberts and Henry Jacobs. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003. 821-30.