Although there is great deal of variation within each gender, on the average men and women discuss a surprisingly different range of topics. According to some studies, women and men ranging in age from sseventeen to eighty described the renge of topic each discussed with friends of the same sex. Certain topics were common to both men and women:work,movies,and television proved to frequent topics for both groups. The difference between men and women were more striking than the similarities. Females friends spend much more time discussing personal and domestic subjects, relationships probleme,family,health and reproductive matters, weight food and clothing.men,on the other hand, were more likely to discuss music,current events, sports and business.