Thursday, March 12, 2009
Lets Talk
Last class period was very interesting when talking about the communication of men and women. It was nice to hear what the difference are. Like how men are competitive, action and solution oriented. And how women are affiliative, connection and relationship oriented. When I relate this back to my own family I kind of chuckle to myself because these words relate to my mom and dad to a "T". My dad is always calm and trying to help me find the best way to go about things. When I need a straight answer I always go to him. My mom is the one who comes up to me and ask me how I'm doing. She's the one I go to, to weigh out my options. I could never see my parents switching roles, and I think that was a good point that was brought up in class, how it is good that women and men have these roles. But I also think that men shouldn't totally disregard not trying to be relationship oriented, and I don't think that women show not try to take action on a thought process. I think that a happy medium is best for all parties.
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My parents are exactly the same way. I use to always get angry at my father because whenever I just wanted to vent about something he would always chime in with some solution when really that was not at all what I was looking for. Now I know that I need to go to my mother if I just want to talk about something and I need to go to my dad if I want a solution about something. I think this is very important to remember when working with families because I do not think many people recognize the differences between the way women and men communicate. I think sometimes these differences can cause problems when people do not fully understand them. I also think it is important for people to know that you can learn how to be more relationship oriented or you can learn how to be solution oriented.
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