Talk, talk, talk about it... Gendered Styles of Communication

“Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep afterward.” Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Dagny’s Entry [October 5, 2009]

Recently Francisco and I had a discussion that brought out some incredibly strong emotions and resulted in me actually getting mad enough [about the issue, not at Francisco] that I needed to walk away and calm down. What got me so stirred up, you might ask? Well, dear readers, I think this was yet another case of male/female gendered communication in action. I had forwarded Francisco a link to a posting that I thought he should read because it made me feel sorry for the guy who had posted it because I could relate to his feelings. Francisco read it and replied that he thought the guy was a whiner and needed to get a clue about the fact that he was the problem. And this is where I got upset.

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