It’s an age old discussion and problem; men and women communicate differently. You’ve heard it in the best seller from Dr. Gray, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, you hear about it on the talk shows and you definitely hear it from males and females alike; “He just won’t listen. “ “She complains too much.” It isn’t all in our minds—there’s scientific evidence that we just don’t talk the same ”language”.
From body language and facial expressions to the way we speak to one another; the differences are drastic. According to Dr. Deborah Tannen, who wrote the book You Just Don’t Understand, “Communication isn’t as simple as saying what you mean. How you say what you mean is crucial, and differs from one person to the next.” She goes on to say childhood is where most of our communication skills are learned and boys and girls are from two very different subcultures.