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Despite marriage or relationship or following a hectic work schedule ...I feel guys somehow  are better at maintaining their friendships.They dont lose touch with their friends that easily.Women somehow get tied up with their husbands,family and thus too busy to find time for anything else.What do you think we can learn from men?

How to keep the toilet seat magically stuck in the upright position. How to turn a back rub into sex. How to find time to play golf. Anything to do with cars. (You all know I am kidding!!!) I hope my joking is not regarded as sexism, etc... (like the New Yorker feedback thread we had).

Honestly, we women can learn a lot from men- just the same as we can learn from other women, we are always able to learn from other people. Do you mean what traditionally gendered behaviors could we learn? I would like to learn how to achieve equal pay for equal work for women then....for starters.

Men are viewed as less emotional than women. I think men tend to be more agressive than women. In men, it is an admired quailty, but in women, agressiveness can be seen as a negative because many men still view women as caretakers and less as savvy business people.

Well for starters, they're not that complicated.  Each one of you has stated that men do not express themselves very well.  I wonder why?  We're all asking the same question.  Truthfully, I don't think they think about things like we women do...they don't analyze every action, every thought and they are instinctively not nurturing.  I think their actions speak volumes and they don't really need to say a whole lot.  That's what I've learned anyhow.  I've found that when one particular man speaks, he says volumes and doesn't need to repeat it over and over.  In fact, he said to me he can't stand the way women say romantic things often and don't back it up with their actions.  I had to take a moment to think about it.  We women want to talk about everything.  I just don't feel men are wired that way.

It is said that psychologist have found that, fewer nerves connect the two hemisphere of the male's brain when compared to that of a woman's brain, so that the logical thinking and emotional sides are not as closely related as they are for women.  Because of this, a male basically needs to 'shift gear ' to move from his dominant logical side to his emotional side. That is why men often think in terms of fact and in a linear fashion. They think like a straight line - the shortest  distance between two points;  which gives them the ability to see the goal  and to focus their energies on reaching it in the most straightforward and direct way.

Men and women are created with different strenghts and weaknesses; therefore we complement each other when the communication process is effective.