Male and Female Relationships

Relationships can benefit greatly from a multicultural understanding between men and women. People in relationships often have strong expectations that their partner will be just like they are: exhibit the same attitudes, values,  perceptions, and behaviors.  However, we know that you will not change your partner’s attitudes and behaviors unless they themselves are motivated to do so.  You are even less likely to change their basic gender characteristics.d the gender differences in emotional behavior and assert that, “many women express unhappiness primarily with what they perceive as men’s unwillingness or incapacity to ‘do’ the emotional intimacy which appears to them necessary to sustain close heterosexual couple relationships.” Emotional expressivity is one facet of communication and this research will further explore its effects on relationships.  

So it is very important to educate yourself as to the basic gender differences which exist between men and women and accept the fact that the differences are there, they are real, and they are not going away.  In this way, you can learn to use the differences as a way to enrich your relationship rather than damage it.

 Exercise 1

1. Women's liberation‘ refers to the collection of opinions and developments that seek to end discrimination against women. Equal right for women is the goal.

2. Homosexuals (gay & lesbian) have become much less reluctant than they used to be o be openly acknowledged their sexual orientation.

3.  Most of these women were once married, although an increasing number of American women are deliberately having children with no intention of having a husband.

4. People, particularly younger ones, feel freer than they once did to talk about sex-related subjects, such as human sex organs, menstruation, and other things. It‘s also portrayed in many videos, songs, movies, and literature.

5. Most single-parent households are headed by women. Most of these women were once married, although an increasing number of American women are deliberately having children with no intention of having a husband.