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2006-07-09 14:07:32 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
Listening. We were all born with 2 ears and 1 month. That means we need to listen twice as much as we talk.
2006-07-09 14:10:27 · answer #1 · answered by phil 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop looking at one another as men and women. Gender is merely a detail. Instead, start talking to and listening to the soul that that male or female body is carrying around. Forget your own gender and start being a person. Forget everything anyone has ever told you about men and women, and recognize that, while their hormones and physical makeup do play a part in the way they think, the bottom line is that they are...just...people.
Strip away all their defense mechanisms, strip away all their bluster or pouting, and you'll see what they were before they learned that they were men or women, boys or girls. Aim for the soul, not the peripheral stuff, and speak honestly about the things that truly matter to you, about the way you feel about them as a person, about the way they make YOU feel as a person. And above all, treat that soul the way you would want them to treat you.
2006-07-09 21:22:57 · answer #2 · answered by intuition897 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The understand other people better, you have to first accept that everyone is different and be able to listen and learn, not just listen and out the other ear.
A lot of time, men and women, do a lot of talking and talking, but they don't do much listening. They just think that they're way is correct and right, so why isn't the other person understanding their view.
Communication and understanding is what the whole world is missing. We're all different and that's what makes us all better...
2006-07-09 21:12:51 · answer #3 · answered by DarthFangNutts 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lost art of listening and follow our instincts helps. If one is too self indulgent it is a challenge. But first I must say women need to spell out what they want in plain language and men need to ask and desrve a straight non threatening answer . Men need to take gals serously and make em happy. Do 110 pecent for each other once in a while and enjoy the results.
2006-07-09 21:23:01 · answer #4 · answered by john f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This can happen when both people can actually listen to what one is saying. It also can happen when both or even one of them can maintain composure and not get defensive or upset, hurt because they heard something they dont like. When they are speaking they are speaking very calmly, and politely. Kind of like the workplace talk. You would not shout at your boss or explain things in the mud , correct? When your talking to someone in this manner it also feeds their fire to communicate this way, not right away but slowly. Interpretation is also a known cause of misunderstanding.
2006-07-09 21:27:25 · answer #5 · answered by ~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way to understand the oppisite sex is to spend some time actually thinking about them. Try to see conflicts from another veiwpoint. Then (and this is the most imporant part) approach somebody of the oppisite sex (preferably a plationic friend) and asking if your conclusions are correct. If you're wrong, back to the drawing board.
2006-07-09 21:11:23 · answer #6 · answered by DonSoze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a tough question. I think for men and woman to understand each other better is for them to really listen to what the other is saying - instead of thinking of what to say - while the other person is doing the talking - we really need to listen. That would be a start.
2006-07-09 21:16:15 · answer #7 · answered by Leila 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By accepting that they are different. The differences must be respected by both males and females. Truthful, but tactful communication is the key to understanding in everything.
2006-07-09 21:13:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boys and girls played together without problems. Then boys were introduced to sex and became silly and ignorant. When the female becomes pregnant, enter boy's mama, protecting her little baby boy. Enter his male friends, who somehow learned to be sexist.
Somehow the respect we had for one another as kids, is lost.
Mature, realistic, men and women can be platonic friends, without sexual benefits. Unfortunately, it is too few.
2006-07-09 21:16:49 · answer #9 · answered by SLOWTHINKER 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the book His Needs, Her Needs.
2006-07-09 21:10:23 · answer #10 · answered by on my way 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋