Understanding Gender

I'm male,
And I'm wondering why men and women have a hard time understanding each other. Any thoughts?

 

I think people in general have a hard time understanding each other.

But as far as men and women go I think alot of it has to do with how we are raised, the influence of our peers and media and our expected roles in society.

On top of all this I think there are just some natural differences based on our biology/hormones that simply can't be overcome and is difficult for the opposite sex to understand.

 

Biology and environment can also mutually bring men and women together,
Could you be more specific?

 

The question in the OP is almost nonsensical.
It's way too general.
Why do some men sometimes have a hard time understanding some women and vice versa?
What an alarming number of variables.

 

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http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Have-Women-Always-Shoes/dp/0767916107"]Amazon.com: Why Men Don't Have a Clue and Women Always Need More Shoes: The Ultimate Guide to the Opposite Sex (9780767916103): Barbara Pease, Allan Pease: Books
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People usually have expectations, and they are usually disappointed.

 

A lot depends on the person.

 

Because if straight people understanded eachother like gay people there would be way too many people

 

I think you can put it into one sentence

Whatever the opposite sex says to you, the exact opposite is true

 

What do the some men and some women understand,
That the other some men and some women don't?

Thanks. What did you find most helpful?

What expectations would help them understand each other?

Could you elaborate?

It's good that men and women don't understand each other?

So, if your female (and since I'm male),
Then I should accept the opposite of what you are saying,
So, whatever we say to each other, we should accept as true?

Maybe I'm not understanding.

 

So then you concede men and women do understand each other then sometimes?

Op your question posed is way too general and vague, much like your last thread. A vague question is most likely going to get vague responses.

 

In that there will be men that men don't understand, and women that women don't understand.

I understand people who are similar to myself, regardless of their gender.

 

My understanding, and expectation, is that all people naturally desire to have a happy life,
Regardless of being influenced by biological and environmental circumstances,
And regardless of how they define a "happy life."

So, I like to understand people from what is general,
And try to discover the specific details.

Other people like to look at specific details,
To understand the more general.

Even though we are different,
I think we can understand each other,
By the fact that we complement each other.

 

I'm glad someone else has been considering this topic. I always found the differences between women and men fascinating: because it is something that may be generalized (like most psychological studies) but yet range so greatly when observing the individual.

I once posed the question to my friends: "Do you think men and women think differently on a basic level?" I think about it frequently, but they seemed to just think I was crazy. I'm think they're aware of the differences, but they may have thought that I was generalizing and characterizing men and women into very distinct, solid boxes: which I wasn't.

 

The differences between how men and women think, hasn't ever really been a big thing to me. I find understanding someone depends on the person, not the gender.

 

True, but understanding someone is different from how you think. I think? ha-ha, I have little reason for believing that, so I'm completely open to be proven wrong. I just enjoy thinking about it and am curious as to what other people think.

I am also very curious about psychology, so I do a bit of research every now and then:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpImeYCZKBk"]YouTube - 'We Few, We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers' by Dr. Andy Thomson, AAI 2007

This link may not be completely relevant: it's about suicide bombers. However, the psychologist giving the lecture discusses the differences between women and men and their reasons behind their actions. This separates their mentality to an extent. Of course, gender roles there may have had an effect of the way they think: that cannot be disregarded. But I think there is truth in that women and men are different. I think classical thinkers recognized this when they theorized that men and women were once 'one' and that they are two different parts of one entity.

I think the topic is really interesting.

 

No one will ever understand someone in the same way; we all have different values, moral and all that. I've study a fair bit of psychology, but this side of it never interested me really. I always think if we all thought the same, and understand how everyone else works and thinks, it would be a pretty boring place.

But, it can be interesting in some cases.

 

You're right, I think people are very different. VERY different. But at the same time, it seems there are some fundamental similarities.

To compare to science: physics and math are fundamental, they are the basics and logic that make up the universe. However, Biology: a very diverse and more large scale science is still based on physics and math. I tend to think that same way about psychology: everyone is very different, but on the basic levels, there are some tendencies. I don't know what these tendencies are, but again, it's interesting to think about.

 

If you don't mind,

In what way,
Do you understand someone,
(Who has different values and morals),
In order to determine if you are similar to that person?

 

oh i found so much helpful i really cant say. there were a few things i never thought to think about that it brought to my attention, even about my own gender there were things it brought to light i didnt think about. it explains the psychology of both sexes in a very understandable and fun way and both me and mark agreed its very accurate. and it is so funny i just love it