Avy
Jo's analysis is excellent, but I'm not sure if I'd be happy to leave you with the notion that Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus is some sort of standard reference text. For really good writing on the difference between male and female communication styles, I'd recommend Deborah Tannen. Her two books That's not what I meant and You just don't understand are brilliantly insightful and informative. The latter focuses solely upon male-female differences, while the former is more general - dealing with all sorts of cultural variations in conversational style. Importantly, neither is full of simplistic analyses, or easy solutions.
She has also, more recently, published a book called The Argument Culture. I haven't read it (yet?), but it may be worth seeking out - almost definitely available on Amazon et al.
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the sunshine warrior
