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Male-female conversation is cross-cultural communication

Communication, Conversation, Female, Males
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The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship.

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Many women feel it is natural to consult with their partners at every turn, while many men automatically make more decisions without consulting their partners.

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Part of the reason images of women in positions of authority are marked by their gender is that the very notion of authority is associated with maleness.

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Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone.

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The argument culture urges us to approach the world - and the people in it - in an adversarial frame of mind. It rests on the assumption that opposition is the best way to get anything done: The best way to discuss an idea is to set up a debate; the best way to cover news is to find spokespeople who express the most extreme, polarized views and present them as 'both sides'; the best way to settle disputes is litigation that pits one party against the other; the best way to begin an essay is to attack someone; and the best way to show you're really thinking is to criticize.

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