This is a time when only communication can help to bring the relationship back into balance | Gray further asserts men and women view giving and receiving love differently, how individual actions intended as loving expressions are "tallied up |
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The book states that most common relationship problems between men and women are a result of fundamental psychological differences between the sexes, which the author exemplifies by means of its metaphor: that men and women are from distinct —men from and women from —and that each sex is acclimated to its own planet's society and customs, but not to those of the other |
Then, a woman needs the attention, listening, understanding, and reassurance of those around her—as well as self-love.
Gray clarifies how these two perceptions of "strokes" cause conflict | The chronology of American literature: America's literary achievements, By Daniel S |
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When women become unduly stressed, their natural reaction is to talk with someone close about it even if talking doesn't provide a solution to the problem at hand | Publication date - 1992 Media type Hardcover Pages 286 Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus 1992 is a book written by American author and relationship counselor , after he had earned degrees in meditation and taken a correspondence course in psychology |
The two sexes are different, but are not so different that we cannot understand each other.
The "wave" is a term Gray uses to describe a natural dynamic centered around a woman's ability to give to other people | Criticism of the book [ ] The book has been criticized for placing human psychology into |
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In Kimmel's 2008 lecture at in , titled "Venus, Mars, or Planet Earth? Yet this "time-out" lets them distance themselves from the problem and relax, allowing them to re-examine the problem later from a fresh perspective | That isn't what most men do, and it isn't good for either men or women |
Reception [ ] Popularity [ ] The book has sold more than 15 million copies and, according to a report, it was the "highest ranked work of non-fiction" of the 1990s.
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