Tuesday, April 24, 2012

How Gender and Sex Affect Conflict

Let’s face it women and men are always going to have problems understanding one another.  As a woman I have to understand (though, it is difficult) how the male species functions.  Though sadly, men have to deal with us women who have mood changes, and things that men would never desire to have.  The phrase "men, can't live with them can't live without them" and vice versa are exactly true.  As human beings we cannot seem to get away from one another.  Men are easier going and laid back then woman are.  Most females like to know what is going on, and have a structured pattern on what is going on in her life.  I do not understand how men can go from beating each other up to being best friends overnight.  What I really do not understand is how girls and woman can be such nasty, crude creatures towards one another.  Women generally get along better with men and vice versa.  Body language is key in detecting conflict amongst sex and gender.  One tactic you may observe is a person being passive aggressive.  Passive aggressive is a pattern of behaving vengefully while denying that one has aggressive feelings.  Another tactic is a demand-withdraw pattern, in which a pattern of behavior, one party makes demands and the other party withdraws from the conversation. As completely different species we should really learn how to understand one better, but it is nearly impossible if every person is different. Humans are difficult to understand and with sex and gender playing into effect it makes life even more difficult to comprehend.

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