If WOMEN are REALLY better communicators than MEN.....WHY are there always so many questions about WOMEN?

Question

I'm not just talking about Gender and Women's Studies and Yahoo Answers... I'm talking about PERIOD. TV shows, Books, magazines, everyday conversations, etc.

Everywhere you look, there is a man asking something like "Why do women this....?" "Why do women that...?" AND OF COURSE the most popular question of all time:

"WHAT DO WOMEN WANT?"

I find all this interesting considering women are supposed to be the BETTER communicators. How can you be a good communicator if you have more than half the population confused out of their minds?

I say MORE than half because I've met a good number of women who either don't understand other women, OR don't understand themselves.

What are your thoughts, ideas, explanations for this brilliant example of hypocrisy?

Answer 1

the reason there are still so many questions about women is because men still don't listen

Answer 2

On the average females are better at communication than the AVERAGE male; however there are many individual differences and so you might be a better communicator yourself than the women you meet.

In addition as women and men get older they become even better at communicating their needs, wants, hopes, desires and feelings...so maybe the women you are referring to are very young and immature.

Another idea I had is that no matter how good a woman is at communicating, if the man cannot or will not listen to her he will never understand her. Therefore in general if men don't know what women want, perhaps it is because the men are not bothering to pay attention to the women and really listen.

Answer 3

Perhaps because women are winning.

Answer 4

I don't know if this will answer your question. Women are notorious for changing their minds. As the saying goes "it's a woman's prerogative to change her mind". As a man who is married I can tell you that this often happens with my wife. If I ask her the same question on a different day, she often gives me a different answer depending on how she is feeling that day. I think if women were more consistent in their answers, men wouldn't see communication as much of a problem as it appears in my humble opinion.

Answer 5

It is the men who are asking, so that says just as much about a person's understanding than the ability of the other person putting out a message.

Also, most men on here claim to know feminism and women's real demands inside out, they repeat this claim constantly.

This is not so much a brilliant example, as a tired repetition.

I'm a man, but your "logic" gives men a bad name.

Answer 6

Women are intriguing.  Speaking for myself... I understand myself, other women, men, and have a great sixth sense for knowing where other people are coming from.  I am an excellent communicator and that is why I am in the position I am in at work. Perhaps you are meeting the wrong kind of women....

Answer 7

Lol from your questions it's clear that you and people like you DONT LISTEN that's why.

Answer 8

cause the men wont communicate with their women (verbally), so they come on here wanting ppl to explain things to them.

Answer 9

Just because we communicate more it does not mean we all have all the answers, in many cases there is not one right answer to a question.  The thing is we discuss things more.

Answer 10

Communicator. Have you even thought about that word? Think about it for a moment. Communicating is not just about speaking, it is also vitally important to be a good listener to become a better communicator.

If a man wants to know what a women wants he should listen. Women are really not as earth shatteringly confusing as you Mars men make out. Women are definitely more open about the emotions they are feeling, it's just being able to read the signals she is sending out to you. Understanding the whole of the human race, is extreme. We are complex beings who are intelligent, you may assume this would make it easier for us to understand and break down others emotions/personalities, but this only makes it harder as we have more in depth responds to experiences and situations.

As much as a man complains about women, it is she who he is completely infactuated by. If a women acted like a man would you love her so much?

In both sexes there are obvious traits that are carried, but don't think all women are out to trick you. If a man wants a women that says it likes it is, he will find women who say it like it is more attractive. Mate with her, and there we go you've reproduced- as evolved.

What I'm basically saying is, there are so many queries and additional information in your theorem and like many males you should stop seeing it in black and white and take a look at the shades of grey.

(Thats a bit of stereotypicalism for you.)  

Answer 11

when there's no logic involved its hard to come up with an answer  

Answer 12

Communication is not just to speak. To communicate you also must have the ability to listen to what a person is saying. Some men (and women) have an issue with not listening or considering what a person is saying.

A person can have all the facts right in front of your face but if you don't take it into consideration you will never understand the topic.

I think this is some(not all) of the reason why people don't understand something. In your case understanding women.

Is it the Complete reason why men (and women) have a hard time understanding women. Simply NO. It can also be that some women don't know what they want in life. So we make things difficult sometimes. We women (and men) also get angry when people don't listen or consider what we are saying. Everyone wants to be heard so to ignore someones opinions will bring out someones wrath. (we women turn into green eyed monsters)

Us human beings just need to be open to all peoples thoughts and opinions. If we did this there wouldn't be so much confusion. Sadly some people have a hard time listening to what people say.

I listen to what everybody says here. I may not agree with some of them but I don't try to shove what I believe in up someones @$s. I try to express my opinion in proper manner.......Sometimes I am UNsuccessful with that, unintentionally though.

Answer 13

I don't have a good answer for you.  I can only say that in my personal experience, the men I have known have not really been interested in "communicating" and didn't listen when they were being  "communicated" with.  THAT is the contradiction.  There is no one-way communication, both parties have to be equally involved for it to work.  So if it the male who is complaining that he is confused and he is also the one who is not communicating, then the hypocrisy is on his side, not hers.  Compare that to something else... "I don't want to work and I have no money, WHY am I always broke???"  If you don't want to work, don't complain about being broke, and if you don't want to communicate, don't complain about not understanding.

Answer 14

Arnt men suppose to be better logical thinkers?  Why do men have such a hard time understanding something they have been around there whole life?

Answer 15

Quantity doe not equal equality. Just because women talk more does not mean they comunicate better.

Actually in my opinion if you have to talk about something constanly then you are not a good communicator.

So I think men are better comunicators because we can get our points across with far far fewer words than women can.

Another female myth busted booyah.