Why are women better listeners than men?

Answer 1

They're not. It's just that friends are better listeners than non-friends and, quite frequently spouses.

Women usually have predominantly female friends, so are under the impression that women are better listeners. (Spouses don't count, because both men and women have their own stories about how the other doesn't listen.)

Talk to someone with primarily male friends, and you are not likely to hear the same opinion. Openly gay men, for example, list men as better listeners.

People also tend to grade a "good" vs. "bad" listener only on the social scale. On the professional level, the ability (or lack of it) to listen to work related issues, communicate problems, work as a team, and solve them, appears to be universal and equal in the professional arena. Yet that's always ignored by the "women are better listener's" crowd.

Answer 2

They probably only are in certain circumstances. When men listen, we hear the words, the tone, we might even take account of the body language, and if we're really thinking hard, maybe one degree of context. Women listen in 360 degree surround-sound, and can surmise whole histories from the phrasing of one line. Which means that women are probably the best listeners for other women.

But men also think and transmit in the same limited dimensions in which they listen, so when women surmise all sorts of things from what they hear, (which would be accurate if they heard them from another woman) are probably not even there in a guy's head, let alone in what they say.

That's why a lot of confusion happens in communication between the sexes - women hear context, men hear words. Neither can understand how the other does what it does, and each is adamant that their version of the truth is the accurate one. Women listen best to women, and men to men, because they speak the same language. Then they complain that the other sex doesn't listen to them, but it does - just in a different way.

Answer 3

Women are better listeners than men because men tend to be more spontaneous and into the moment. Women like to take their time with things, and make sure that things are perfect. This comes to to show from the activities that both sexes do for fun. For example scrap booking is a women's activity as compared to something that is more action packed like football is for a man. Because women are more patient and handle things like cooking, sewing, and the kids, they become the better listeners. It does sound sexest, but even if it does it is still very true.

Answer 4

I believe women are better listeners then men because women want you to know that you can talk to them and most of the time they understand and men feel like they should keep there problems to there self so they dont want to listen to yours

Answer 5

That's not true. I know heaps of women who are really bad listeners.

It's just a general stereotype that is given. It was probably like that in the past though that ALL women are good listeners and ALL men aren't.
but yeah stereotyping isn't a good way of categorising people.

e.g. in movies, the bad guy stereotype is slowly changing to a quasi-bad guy, where the the cops and government are the bad guys. Where in the past cops were ALWAYS portrayed as the positive figure. i.e. Matrix, Aeon Flux and so forth.

This just shows that our generation Y is an always changing generation that is accepting of differences instead of categorising people into one large chunch of sameness, which is why we are called individuals.

Answer 6

Probably so. Men are the sterner sex, while the women are the fairer sex - being fair would include being empathetic - the capacity to listen and to reason with someone else. With a connection to emotions and feelings, women are geared towards connectiing with somone and listening and sharing with them. So, yes, I do agree that - apart from few exceptions - women are better listeners than men.

Answer 7

Well u know that can go both ways . yea there are a couple woman dont listen i know but she a BOM.. and yea there are some guys that dont listen at all it go thought one ear out there other and some just want hear what they want here .. but i know one one guy that doesnt listen too what got to say . but then other times not so i guess it in the way u are .. for me im a listen.. i learn how listen at early age too listen it but too listen that u not and be run mouyh u dont never learn nothing much i think but oh well every body has there idea ...

Answer 8

I think women are trained to listen more than men

Answer 9

No marvel the feminists in college have their pupils doing this. I wager if a guy replace into to ask pupils to do a paper on why men are extra logical the college could be close down and positioned under evaluation. look those are gender stereotypes, we are no longer residing in an equivalent society women persons are socialized to be extra being concerned so they are going to be lots extra in all probability to pay attention. men are socialized to be mach and confusing so being a sturdy listener is see as gay, sissy, womanly etc.... so this skews the sexes behaviour. Ever tried conversing to a feminist? They not often pay attention to me so they are women persons why are they no longer sturdy listeners?

Answer 10

Because nature intended us to be the nuturers. That means we have it built into us to be good listeners, mommies, nurses, doctors, etc. That's not to say that men can't be good listeners themselves. There are men who are actually better listeners than some women I know.