Women talk to explore problems, but men do not. Instead, men talk to fix problems. This can sometime cause problems between the sexes. Janet West, a freshman in college, remembers encountering this issue with a male friend recently. "I told my friend Derek about a problem I was having with my parents. He immediately came up with possible solutions to the problem. Being told how to fix the problem was kind of frustrating because it wasn't what I was looking for. I asked him to stop trying to fix the problem and try talking with me about it instead. He seemed completely confused and said, "Why bother talking about problem unless you're trying to find a solution to it?