Men and Women communicate different when it comes to same sex conversation, .
which in turn my lead to communication problems, especially when it comes to marriage. .
Men (in general) don't talk about one topic for a very long time. Men might talk about .
two or three topics, but women on the other hand can talk about one topic for hours on .
end. When men are listening to a friend's problem are expected to offer a solution to the .
problem, or else what's the point of mentioning the problem. When it comes to women .
they just want their problems heard, and someone just to listen, and not fix the problem. .
They simply want to vent their feelings. I recently read two articles, "His Talk, Her .
Talk", and, "Man to Man, Woman to Woman," which has to do with some of these .
problems. .
The first of the two articles that I read, which was, "His Talk, Her Talk," was .
about Joyce Maynard, the author of the article's experience with problems of .
communication. In her article she say's that it wouldn't be correct to think .
stereotypically in these modern times when it comes to men and women, as in men .
bringing home the money and food, while the women take care of their homes and cook .
the food. She believes there maybe a thing such as, "men's talk," or "women's talk." .
Joyce supports this by giving four examples. First, while at a party she notices that the .
two sexes divide themselves up because they find what their sex or group's conversation .
much more interesting. Second, when her husband, Steve, arrived home from a bar she .
asks him, "What they had talked about," in which he replies to "Oh, the usual. .
Firewood. Central America. Trucks. The Celtics. Religion." That shows that she was .
hoping longer talk then that. Third, she shows us what women talk about by .
summarizing a conversation with her friend Ann and Ann's friend Sally, like her husband .
would, to life, love, happiness, and heartbreak. Forth and final, she compares her .
