Thought: "However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband." Ephesians 5:33 In order to understand how common miscommunications occur between men and women, it is important to appreciate how each gender views the world. It is natural for each of us to believe that our perspective is universal, but one's gender tremendously impacts thinking style. Researcher/author Deborah Tannen has done interesting work examining sociolinguistic differences between the sexes. In her book, You Just Don't Understand , she explains that the male worldview is hierarchical whereas the female's is relational. These perspectives are radically different from each other. Men's communication tends to establish and manage their standing with those around them. In other words, they see the world in terms of who has greater prestige or respect than themselves and who does not. In this perspective there are winners and
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