As in many other gender differences, miscommunications between males and females can be explained by either the biological aspect or the cultural/environmental aspect. Deborah Tannen, a University professor of linguistics at Georgetown University and an Author, suggests the biological explanation to the problem: “Sometimes when you are talking to someone from other gender, it is like you are talking to someone from another world” said Prof. Tannen when she was talking about communications between opposite genders. That is the main reason why girls and boys prefer to play with their own sex. A research, made by her, shows the differences in friendships between two best-friends girls, and two best-friends boys in ages five, ten and fifteen. The girls were facing each other

Yet, males are less verbal; tend to listen more and talk less. They can be together with other men watch TV or just go for a ride for hours and not talk. Men are more direct in their communication style; that is why they are better in marketing. They are more daring in general than women because they are physically confidence and think they are really good in almost everything. Boys becoming best friends due to common hobbies, talents, playing games and less due to talking and sharing secrets. They are putting most effort for showing who is the best, trying to get to a competition with each other. Because of the differences in the verbal communication styles females and males are using, there are some miscommunication in understanding each other when the two are getting together. This miscommunication is demonstrated in the movie “When Harry Met Sally”, in one of the scenes where Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) gives Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) a compliment (in the car, on their way to New York) and she takes it as if he tries to make a move on her.

In family, marriage and friendships, although the intimacy that is developed, which provide us with the ultimate opportunity for personal satisfaction in the communication between the sexes, there are still differences between men and women. Most research shows that women are more willing to share their personal thoughts and feelings than men. In term of the amount and depth of information exchanged, female-female relationships are the most disclosure. Male-female relationships come second, and relationships between two men typically involve less disclosure than all the other types. Both male and female are equally likely to discuss personal appearance, sex, and dating in same-sex conversations. But most information and topics men and women reveal between them is different. Women involve more disclosure of feelings. They spend more time discussing relationships problems; health, family and reproductive matters; weight; food; clothing; men, and other women. The information they reveal is more personal.

Verbal and nonverbal, artifacts, society, families, relationships, environment and culture, are few of the reasons to the differences and problems between genders when it comes to exchanging information and communicating. We can find much more causes, examples and cases in our everyday life. Of course, these sex differences are statistical average, and many men and women do not fit these profiles. As we can learn from many social and psychological researchers, there is no one biological or c

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