Why do women think they communicate better than men?

Question

when they say things like, "I'm fine!" when they're not and answer the question, "What's wrong?" with "nothing" when it is clearly something.

Answer 1

I have a theory about that actually. Many men think that men communicate better than women. The truth is, women communicate with women better than they communicate with men, and men communicate with men better than they communicate with women. There's some kind of communication barrier between the genders. But on the whole I think we're about equal.

Answer 2

When speaking, an average women uses ten times as many words that the average man does. Women have far more connecting nerves to the right and left side of the brain that a man has.

I believe that women speak much more often than a man, but do not feel that they communicate better between a man and a women. However, they do communicate better between a woman and another woman.

But it seems that your really asking why she does she not share what is on her mind when you ask. And that appears to be an interpersonal issue between the two of you. For some reason she does open up easily to you. Maybe she feels that you do not listen to her or validate her feelings. Could she be right?

Answer 3

Women communicate better to each other than to men. We understand what it means when we say "I'm fine" and "nothing".

We put out a lot of body signals and facial expressions that are intended to be interpreted by people. Men just aren't able to read them. Don't understand why.

Answer 4

But you see, women understand other women. It's just that you don't understand women.

Women and men have very different communication styles, and they use communication for different purposes. There is actually a semi-large body of work on this in the academic world. I would recommend to you the works of Deborah Tannen. You can find her books on any online bookseller, I'm sure.

Answer 5

Woman say "nothing" and "I'm fine" because they want you to work for her. See, woman know that men avoid emotional situations. (Please be reminded I'm speaking generally, not about ALL people.) Woman hope that the men that love them really want to know what's wrong. Yah yah, you say "if I didn't want to know, I wouldn't have asked". I think some men ask because they feel obligated, not because they want to sit in an argument or cry session they know inevitably follows these questions.

Woman want to know their men who "love them" really want to know and fix the problems. Woman are aware that you "really don't wanna know" so that is why we try and get you to pry it out. When you put more effort into figuring it out, more so than just one question and respond "oh, ok!" when we say "nothing," we will open up. Yes it must be annoying, yes it must be unnecessary to you. However some girls need that effort, mostly because they don't think it exists. We want you to really want to know, and that happens with prying.

Not all woman do it, and not all woman do it all the time. I pretty much say something the moment I'm mad (which results in an immediate discussion mostly by me). Get to know your woman. You can even lay down the law: "OK babe, I'm not going to pry it out of you. I know something is wrong and you want to talk about it, so when you're ready..."

Yes, we're a difficult breed.

Answer 6

I think it's based upon women talking more. I admit that I talk more than my husband, but I wouldn't say I'm a better communicator.

Don't you know that "I'm fine!" means we're really not, but we're just annoyed with having to keep explaining what's really wrong. LOL!

Answer 7

My fiancee does the same thing. Communication isn't something based on gender. There are very good male and female communicators, and very poor male and female communicators.

Answer 8

Because they are women silly And they are allways right.See dude. I just got browny points for saying that.And a smoochin too.So go with the flow budd and just hope for the best. and play life by ear lol.

Answer 9

They don't want to be bother at that moment. Some times we need to think first and tell later. It isn't about "nothin", it's about something and how they are going to word it. Or we might think that "nothing is nothing". Or is "nothing" going to turn into somthing if it's not a big thing.

Answer 10

i think thats a myth, some woman comunicate well ,as well
as men so its just a poeople in genral some people can't communicate be a man or a woman