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ORIGINAL: nejisty

We used to let kids fight it out between themselves...now they no longer have the option to slug it out and shake hands afterwards with a better understanding between them and of themselves.  Now it is call the cops because they can't be allowed to release their emotions in a healthy physcial way. 

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ORIGINAL: Naira

[clip]... I'd suggest reading a book called "He Said, She Said" by Dr. Deborah Tannen.

It explores the differences between the way men express themselves and the way women express themselves in speech. It won't teach you exactly what a woman is thinking at every minute of the day...but it will explain how women use speech to get to the same goal as men, but in a very different way.

Is it anything like the Mars/Venus books? The occasional good point, mired in over-generalizations?

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ORIGINAL: Jeffff

I have found it is easier to understand a woman.. if you remove the gag.. I hope this helps

Jeff

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ORIGINAL: Jeffff

I have found it is easier to understand a woman.. if you remove the gag.. I hope this helps

Jeff

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ORIGINAL: MadameMarque

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ORIGINAL: Naira

[clip]... I'd suggest reading a book called "He Said, She Said" by Dr. Deborah Tannen.

It explores the differences between the way men express themselves and the way women express themselves in speech. It won't teach you exactly what a woman is thinking at every minute of the day...but it will explain how women use speech to get to the same goal as men, but in a very different way.

Is it anything like the Mars/Venus books? The occasional good point, mired in over-generalizations?

Naira, good recommendation!

Deborah Tannen is a sociologist.  She is (or was?) professor of linguistics, at Georgetown University.  She takes a scholarly approach, observing the ways males and females relate to others and communicate, including differences in body language, group dynamics, use of speech, expression of emotions, etc. 

It's easy to find her books.  She writes in an accessible, engaging style, and at the same time, her work is well regarded professionally.  I find her observations astute, very informative and interesting. 

You've really made me want to return to this book, as I haven't read it in years.

One little thing I've found interesting, since reading her observations on males in the company of other males, is that since then, I notice the same body language and dynamics portrayed all the time, in the male interaction in action films. 

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ORIGINAL: Jeffff

I have found it is easier to understand a woman.. if you remove the gag.. I hope this helps

Jeff

You naughty naughty boy.

June

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ORIGINAL: LaTigresse

You mean......................COMMUNICATE?!?!?

Blasphemy!

I know, I know...... what was I thinking?

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ORIGINAL: MadameMarque
Yes, with the number of single mothers and absent fathers in the world, what would a woman know about accountability?

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ORIGINAL: lusciouslips19
We are a fascinating piece of machinery. Poetry in motion.
Women are complex creatures.
men are simple ones.

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ORIGINAL: Aynne

Smith I do get what you are saying but that is one of the biggest issues I have with Sir too.  I just want to vent sometimes, he cannot fix all of my problems, no matter how much he wants to, or attempts to, and yes often times he has. But sometimes, it is something that cannot be solved, at least immediately, and because he is not only my love, my romantic partner, he is also my very closest friend so he is the one I turn to to talk about my problems. Sometimes we girls just want an ear to listen, and a big strong shoulder to cry on.  We don't expect you guys to fix everything but we love you for wanting to.   

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ORIGINAL: StormsSlave

I have generally found it to be true that the men who are the most inept at handling a woman are the first to blame the "irrational nature" of a woman instead of their own shortcomings.

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ORIGINAL: L8bloomer

Understand women? I can't understand men!



Someone help me please...*L*

(Edited to correct typo.)

Men are quite easy to understand. It's just hard for women because women read everything imaginable into what a man says.

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ORIGINAL: Smith117

To understand a man, all you have to know is he says what he means and he means ONLY what he's said. Just because he asks "where'd you get those shoes?" Doesn't mean he thinks you spend too much money or that they make your ankles look fat or that he doesn't love you. He means "where'd you get those shoes?"

When a man is hungry, he'll eat; tired, he'll sleep; horny, he'll fuck or jerk off if the former is too much work. And whent he game is on, don't interrupt.

That's pretty much it.

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ORIGINAL: lusciouslips19

We are a fascinating piece of machinery. Poetry in motion.

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ORIGINAL: Lashra

I would tell him to stop trying to understand "women" and get to know the "woman" he wants to be involved with. We are each as different as snow flakes with our own unique qualities, trying to lump us all into one category is foolish and a waste of time.

~Lashra