Male Communication Clichees

Here are clichees from the world of male communication – you decide if they’re true:

• Men don’t cry – or at least not in public – fearing this show them as too weak.
• Only gay men are truly able to express their feelings.
• Men are straightforward talkers; they think what they say.
• There’s one question men don’t like, and it’s a woman asking them “What are you thinking?”
• When a woman asks a man “What are you thinking?” the man isn’t thinking of anything (most of the time).
• Men boast about their sex life, but don’t go into great details as women do.
• When a woman hands out her number to a man, he doesn’t call her back in the first few days.
• Women want to hear a man saying “I love you” more often than the man wants to say it.
• When a man starts talking to a woman in a night club, he only wants to get her into his (or her) bed.
• Cool men don’t talk much; true heros are unable to share their feelings.
• Men often speak in grunts only, especially when watching TV.
• Men are only able to express relationships to other males in “manly” rituals, such as special hand-shakes or boxing.
• When a man tells a woman “I’ll give you a call,” he won’t call back.
• Men are too proud to admit they like romantic movies.
• Men lie in order to sleep with a woman.

Philipp Lenssen on Tuesday, Feb 28 2006 reg. Male/female communication.