Women like that

[juju]

I know this might be drifting off topic a bit, but I thought I'd take this chance to put forth one of my rants that no one ever agrees with.

It's important to remember that, when attempting to relate to someone, emphasizing your differences is not the way to go about it. You can only really relate to and identify with someone when you realize your similarities. This has obviously been done between blacks and whites in America, and it must also be done with men and women.

Despite our differences, men and women (and people in general) are mostly the same. We go through many of the same circumstances and experience many of the same emotions and thought processes. We have many of the same feelings. This is hugely more significant than social strategies.

Maybe my wife doesn't know what it's like to have to deal with male pride, but that is <i>not</i> the world. I don't know why many so people act as if it were. There are millions of other social intricacies and experiences in which men and women react exactly the same way.

It has reached the point that our focus on the differences gets more in the way of relationships than the differences themselves!


With all this said, I should reiterate that I do indeed recognize that men and women have their behavioral differences. However, if you keep repeating that mantra, then you'll never be able to relate to the opposite sex.