Differences in the emotional manifestations of women and men. Why are women so emotional

Men and women often fail to understand each other. We perceive the same situation in completely different ways, which often leads to quarrels and conflicts. However, scientists are sure that the misunderstanding between representatives of both sexes is not caused by the fact that none of us wants to make concessions. It turns out that there are many biological and psychological factors that distinguish men and women.

Here are 12 fun features that set women apart from men.

1. Sense of beauty

Men and women have different aesthetic feelings. This is due to the fact that, observing a beautiful, for example, a beautiful landscape, different parts of the brain are activated in us. Men appreciate the picture as a whole, while women pay attention to its details. That is why men often do not notice any individual changes in a woman's appearance, be it a new hairstyle or a successful make-up.

2. Expressing feelings with words

During activities associated with words (reading, speaking, etc.), in men, the left hemisphere of the brain is more active. And in the fairer sex at this time, both parts of the brain work evenly. This is why boys tend to start talking and reading later than girls. In adulthood, this feature is manifested in the fact that men feel discomfort when they need to express their feelings and emotions in words. Women choose epithets, comparisons and metaphors unconsciously, often without thinking about this process. Men, on the other hand, find it easier to convey clear and coherent information than to give their story an emotional color.

3. Feelings of loneliness

Scientists from Harvard University have found that the need for team, friends and support from loved ones does not depend on gender. But at the same time, men and women have different attitudes towards loneliness. Despite the fact that women are more emotional than men, they tolerate loneliness more easily than the stronger sex. Scientists suggest that loneliness burdens men due to the fact that it is important for them to constantly compete and compete with each other for normal self-esteem.

4. Different degrees of sensitivity

The woman is considered a "sensitive" being. And this is true, because the five basic senses are more developed in our country. For example, due to the special structure of the corpus callosum, women are better at remembering and distinguishing odors. Inhaling perfume, a woman is able to divide it into many separate notes, while a man can only distinguish its main accords. Women also have more developed visual memory, thanks to which we remember faces and the location of objects well. In addition, we outperform men in terms of taste and tactile sensations. Scientists have found that women have more taste buds, and the skin at their fingertips is more sensitive. The only sense organ that is better developed in men is hearing.

5. Feelings of empathy and the ability to forgive

Due to natural emotionality, the feeling of empathy is better developed in women. The fair sex can put themselves in the shoes of another person in order to understand his feelings and emotions. For this reason, women are easier to forgive offenses, because developed empathy helps us to justify other people's actions and deeds. Since childhood, men are accustomed to fighting and defending their positions in society, therefore, in conflict situations, they often do not think about the feelings of their opponents. However, numerous studies have shown that women are more vindictive. Scientists believe that this is due to increased female emotionality, which does not allow us to forget about past grievances.

6. Remembering faces

Women remember faces better than men. At the same time, the fair sex pay attention to features such as eye color, nose shape, lip color, etc., and the memory of men captures the picture of the face as a whole. This difference is due to the fact that the area of ​​the brain responsible for recognizing faces in women is influenced by hormones, which is why memorization occurs at an unconscious level. In addition, scientists suggest that a good memory for faces in women is associated with maternal instinct, because after giving birth, a woman instantly remembers what her baby looks like.

7. Sexual fantasies

As a result of a study conducted by scientists from Spain, it turned out that 71% of men fantasize about a sexual topic every day, while among the female population, only 48% indulge in such fantasies. According to the main theory, sexual fantasies are common among men due to the fact that the stronger sex is more prone to polygamy than women. In addition, men's fantasies are more often associated with the sexual process itself, while women dream of beautiful foreplay.

8. Reaction to stress

Men are more likely than women to deal with stress with alcohol. This is due to the fact that during stress, the body of men produces an increased dose of glucose - a substance that makes us more energetic and active. Due to the sharp release of energy, many men, on a psychological level, feel the need to consume alcoholic beverages.

Interestingly, in a stressful situation, the level of glucose in the female body practically does not change, so that women do not have the habit of “drinking” troubles.

9. Orientation in space

Women lose to men in the ability to navigate in space. In unfamiliar terrain, women use visible anchor points, while men use "vector memory." In practice, it looks like this: the fair sex, walking around an unfamiliar city, remember the environment - the location of houses, attractions, etc. Men, on the other hand, “feel” the space, remembering how many kilometers they have already traveled, when they turned left, and when they turned right.

10. Pink and blue color

It is customary to swaddle newborn girls with pink swaddling clothes, and boys with blue ones. Where exactly this color classification came from is unknown. However, scientists suggest that women's love of pink is associated with ancient associations. Our ancestors obtained their own food through hunting and farming. Hunting was the lot of men, and women had to collect berries and also prepare food. Since most of the edible berries are red and pink, women intuitively find them more attractive.

11. Feelings of caution

Feelings of caution are more developed in women than in men. Since the male body more intensively produces adrenaline and testosterone, the stronger sex cannot control their desire to engage in risky activities - to drive at high speed, overcome dangerous obstacles, etc. That is why men more often than women are fond of extreme sports.

12. Reaction to a dangerous situation

In dangerous situations, men take action and women fight their emotions. That is why when there is danger, be it a fire, a robbery or any other emergency, men often "rush to the embrasure", while women begin to cry, panic or stupor. These differences are due to the fact that in extreme situations, the body of a man and a woman produces different hormones.

Since the differences between men and women are biological and psychological, we cannot change them. However, it is in our power to take into account the peculiarities of each other in order to avoid unnecessary conflicts and quarrels.

Today on the women's site Beautiful and Successful we read a chapter from the book “Women can't park, and men can't pack! Psychology of stereotypes "... The author of the book, Jeff Rolls, tries to figure out if some of the characteristics of women and men are true, or are they just prejudices.

You and I got the chapter "". Is it true that we are more emotional than men, or is it just a myth?

Emotional woman

The stereotypical view that women are more emotional than men has been widespread for a long time.

The word "hysteria", which means extreme manifestation of emotions, comes from the ancient Greek hystera(womb), and thus hysteria is by definition an exclusively feminine expression of emotion. When answering the question about the qualities of another person, 90% of people more often use the concept of "emotionality" in relation to women than to men.

Boys and girls cry at about the same rate during childhood, but during puberty girls cry more often than boys, and by age 18, girls cry four times more often than boys (Witchalls, 2003). One of the explanations for women's tearfulness may be based on the fact that there is more prolactin in the body of women, which is present in tears. It is also known that lacrimal canals in women have a different shape than in men, although this is the cause or effect of higher tearfulness remains unknown. The higher likelihood of depression in women - some believe due to the way men treat them - may explain why they cry more often.

There is also a biological explanation for the higher emotionality of women, although it does not appear until the onset of puberty. Perhaps this is due to the fact that in the West we usually encourage boys to be strong and resilient and girls to be gentle and caring. In this sense, emotional women can be the product of our specific gender expectations. A person whose behavior is not consistent with a gender stereotype (for example, a crying man or a bossy woman) may receive more attention and be seen as more sincere than someone who is more conformist. While a crying woman is seen as “just another emotional person” with an “overreaction”, a crying man is seen as an honest person who is not afraid to show his feelings and who should be taken more seriously. Or at least it was until 1990, when footballer Paul Gascoigne burst into tears at the World Cup in Italy and thus initiated the male tradition of openly crying in public.

Harvard professor Ron Levant believes that men in the West undergo a socialization process that makes it difficult for them to develop emotionally. Women have a wide range of emotional responses that enable them to understand the point of view and emotions of others and thus develop "emotional empathy." Men, with their strong focus on "getting things done" and "overcoming problems", only have "empathy in action" at their disposal. Levant also argues that most men have only two responses to emotional problems in their arsenal: problems associated with vulnerability (such as fear or shame) are overcome with anger; problems associated with caring (such as love or close attachment) are overcome through sex. The 'traditional male stereotype' so widespread in the West encourages reactions like this: the Marlboro® cowboy, top film actors, sports stars, competitive dads ... They all reinforce stereotypes of what it means to be a 'real man' and any boy who deviates from this stereotype risks becoming the object of ridicule and an outcast among his peers (Levant, 1997).

One of the reasons women may seem more emotional than men has to do with how our memory works. Women have been found to have a better memory of emotionally important events: for example, they recall faster, more vividly, and more emotionally than their husbands about anything related to their first date, their last vacation together, or a recent argument (Fujta et al., 1991). There are two possible explanations for this. The first is the “intensity of feeling” hypothesis that women code these memories better than men because they experience current events with greater intensity. The second explanation comes from the "cognitive style" hypothesis that women are more likely than men to code, rehearse, and ponder the emotions associated with the experience, which helps them strengthen and consolidate their memory.

Kenley et al., 2002) invited 12 men and 12 women to consider 96 images of various emotional significance: from a book cover that does not suggest any emotions to an emotionally rich picture depicting a dead person. Three weeks later, when participants were asked to recall images shown to them, women were 15% more likely than men to recall images that were emotionally charged. Brain scans were performed while the participants were recalling images. The scan results showed that the two brain regions used separately for emotional processing and for forming memories appeared to overlap more in women than in men. This may indicate a biological reason for women's better ability to recall emotional events, but it is equally likely that the difference in the "electrical connection" of parts of the brain developed in response to cultural socialization processes and is thus more an effect than a cause. It is interesting to note, however, that current scientific evidence supports the claim that women more than men cling to emotional memories — a fact that women have known for many years.

It is possible that women are considered emotional because of the physiological changes that affect their emotions at certain points in their menstrual cycle. A man can secretly think for a long time about whether it is possible to attribute the harsh words he heard to him to the approach of menstruation. Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) or premenstrual tension occurs in 90% of women; about 30% find it to have a real negative effect, and 5% to 10% find the effect severe. More than 100 symptoms are associated with PMS, and the most common of these have a particularly strong effect on emotions, causing irritation, mood swings, depression, and unexplained tears (Owen, 2005). However, the topic of PMS is controversial. Some feminist scholars argue that normal bodily functions should not be called a “disorder,” and point out that PMS has only been considered on its own since the days when many women started working. They also argue that PMS is used by men as a method of "social control" that allows them to subjugate women and stereotype them as "the weaker sex."

In some societies, menstruation is viewed more positively than in most Western cultures. With regard to PMS, neither the diagnosis nor the definition of this condition is universal, and the main "credit" for this belongs to the West: since other cultures recognize that women are influenced by the menstrual cycle, they do not consider it necessary to classify these effects as a syndrome. Psychologists disagree on how PMS should be treated. Feminist psychologists, in particular Kaplan (Caplan, 2005), believe that the very term PMS leads to unnecessary dishonor for women, since it implies that they lose control of themselves once a month; other psychologists are confident that it helps all of us to better understand the potential consequences of this symptom.

An interesting study reported by Aubeeluck at the British Psychological Society conference ( BPS) in 2004 ( BPS, 2004), found that men also suffer from monthly mood swings. Obilak asked 50 men and 50 women to complete a questionnaire to assess several of the symptoms commonly associated with the menstrual cycle. Men reported at least as many symptoms as women, but attributed the observed effects to other causes. Obilak theorized that two things can be learned from this: women do not suffer from PMS, and / or men may also suffer from cyclical changes that have not yet been diagnosed. A third finding may be that men experience symptoms in response to their partners' PMS-related behavior.

In conclusion, we can say the following: it is clear that women are more likely than men to express their feelings - regardless of the reasons that caused these feelings. However, men can be trained to express their feelings more skillfully and become more aware of their emotions; in fact, emotional intelligence may soon be seen as a prerequisite for a successful life. Men are no longer required to simply leave their homes and go hunting for food; it is now imperative for a man to be able to work in a team, to be able to listen to the opinions of others and be emotionally connected with his colleagues at work, as well as to interact better at home with his wife and children.

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As a rule, women are inherently more emotional, vulnerable and impulsive than men. Many people perfectly understand that women need to give positive emotions, but they often forget about the other side, or sometimes they simply do not attach much importance to the fact that women also need to throw out negative emotions - these are two important components of female happiness. This is an eternal question - what women want, in particular, what women want from men. And today we will talk about what women sometimes lack so much - emotional support.

Emotions are a woman's nature. About women's emotions

I never cease to refer to this amazing book from time to time, as it opens my eyes to many things, including the answer to the question “What do women want”. Women are also very sensitive to the emotions and intonations of men, so men often do not understand why women are offended, they do not notice and do not attach much importance to their words (intonation). “How could you say so?” The woman says, “How so? the head all day, the man answers, "Mmm, I didn't even pay attention" - the woman says offendedly, "What is it all about" - the man is defeated. Or just try to joke about the appearance of your beloved woman - they will be offended right away, it is better not to take risks in this way, do not even think of saying something bad about their beauty, this is a very vulnerable place for most women.

Men sometimes dismiss them “Yes, these women cannot be understood,” which means that they simply do not want to understand them. This is the same as the car does not go - well, her, constantly damn it breaks down, what she needs, drove and drove, and she took it out of the blue and stalled. And sometimes the problem is simply that gasoline has run out, but many in relationships do not want to delve into even small problems - it means selfishness, everyone wants to be understood, but he does not want to understand others, but at the same time does not want to admit it. Modern culture is built as it is - the relationship has become worse, we went to throw tantrums and look for another, which means - the gut is thin to love. Love does not only mean taking all the best, and when there is nothing left, then send it to all four sides, you need to learn to endure the shortcomings of a loved one.

"To educate by the strength of another person is called exploitation, and learning to accept is already called love." Oleg Torsunov

“But I don’t tolerate a woman’s tantrum, I was offended - her problems, that being offended by trifles, the same reason for me, and nothing - he asks me for forgiveness later” - many men declare. And what do you think, she freed herself from negative emotions and experiences, no - she will explode even more then, and not that there will be no apologies, there will be no mercy, and you yourself will be to blame for this, and all because you did not want to understand feminine nature, you would have a feminine body - you would not live a day unprepared. Now, if your wife listens to you, when you shout at your boss after work, then you listen to your wife - this is what women want from men, although it is harder for women to listen to this, they have nowhere to put it, except to tell another. But a man can experience it inside himself, or at least not take everything so personally.

It is much harder for women to listen to guys "Dear, what is bothering you, I see that something is bothering you" - the woman asks, "It will be worse, you better not ask" - the man replies, "Yes, everything is fine, speak up" - the woman continues to insist. “Okay, listen,” the man breaks down, and as a result, “Why did you tell me all this?” The woman replies, “Well, you don’t need to say it,” the man ends the conversation. Men inside themselves can survive all this, they just do not need to be touched at this time, although sometimes they also need it. Yes, it worries you, you feel that something is wrong, but if he starts to share, as a rule, it does not get any easier, it only gets worse. Sometimes, not only a man, but also a woman needs to be alone, not to touch her for some time, let him just stay in silence, away from the hustle and bustle and endless streams of information. You should not pressure the person to open up in front of you, but at the same time show your loved one that you are ready to listen to him when he is ready for it.

What women want from men is attention and care, sincere, and not just for show. For many men, unfortunately, giving a gift is just doing something for show, and you try to show sincere attention to her needs and requirements, and at least ask how you spent your day - and really listen, and not like some formality. To listen to a woman is what they really want, and what they often lack, or when it’s bad - to hug and kiss, in one word to calm down. When a person does not put his soul into his actions, then such falsity is often noticed, especially by women. They do not need fur coats and diamonds first of all, but attention and care, but, unfortunately, even many women are convinced that happiness will come primarily from fur coats and diamonds, but still, after countless gifts, they remain in deep down unhappy and dissatisfied.

Why do many women want more and more things and there is no end to it - the guys are perplexed. And the fact is that they want happiness, they will not be satisfied with gifts alone, they are not satisfied with gifts, but love. They are trying to artificially create such an atmosphere around them - yes, this also plays a role, but without a close relationship, a woman will not be able to fully become happy. And the problem is that women look at others and begin to imitate them, seeing that many are striving for this - as a result, neither many women are aware of their deepest needs, nor are men. “What they just need, what the girls want” - the guys are surprised, well, I give her everything - an apartment, a car, and dresses, and jewelry, but she is still not satisfied, but she needs a deep relationship, she needs to give love - this is the main gift.

Women want companionship from men, deep warm heart-to-heart communication, many women themselves have perverted the concept of real happiness in their minds, and they sincerely believe that there is happiness in material gifts alone. Whatever one may say, you cannot leave with gifts alone, and if a man cannot have a heart-to-heart talk with his wife, then there will be another man to whom she will open up, and then there is no need to be surprised “How dare she, I give her everything, and she is what she repaid me ”- there’s nothing surprising at all, you didn’t give her the main thing. They need emotional support, they need a person next to them who could listen to them and endure their female behavior in a good sense of the word: sudden and unpredictable, often like an unreasonable expression of emotions, also whims, resentment, sometimes tantrums and the like, relieve them of fears and shield from ourselves, to help cope with our own emotions. Yes, they need it - such a person is able to save a woman from worries, from the accumulation of negative emotions, and gifts, jewelry, courtship, attention and the like are what fills women with positive emotions.

The man himself must also understand that not everything rests on the fact that he brings home his salary. The family is a team game, where everyone has an equal role. A man scores goals in attack - great, but you shouldn't think that everything is supported only on this, since the question is still how many balls hit your goal, where exactly. A man must learn to take on a feminine character.

“If a man is in control of his feelings, a woman feels very comfortable in the family. If a man is not in control of his feelings, the woman is constantly worried and twitches. If a man says to his wife: "Calm down in the end," it means that he does not understand who should be the first to calm down, he does not fulfill his duties " Oleg Torsunov

Where a woman is able to feel more love - when she is hugged at times when she feels bad, or when she feels good - of course, when she is in a bad mood. It is easy to calm down when she is a little sad, even pleasant at times - well, don't cry, don't cry, everything is fine. And when she really suffers, pushes you away, does not want to hug you back, and it is not clear what she needs, she is like a cobra at this time - the hunt to stay away from her. Now, if at this time a man dares to come and calm a woman, a deep trace of gratitude remains on her heart, this is true love. It manifests itself when a loved one is hard, not good., a woman sits at this moment rooted to the spot, and she does not even have the strength to say words of gratitude, it is at this time that she creates a belief in a man that he is a real man. But if a man calmed the woman down and drags her to bed, then this is a real goat who took advantage of the situation, and he does not have deep feelings for you, he really does not feel your worries.

The woman was offended that she was not hugged, and she hinted all evening - but men often do not notice this, do not understand at all what they are talking about, what hints. Then she becomes ill, you hug her and then the second test of strength - "You can only hug me when I feel bad" - the man is in a panic, I do not hug - bad, I hug - too, but what does she need - try to endure that. Then he says, “Let me go,” and breaks free, and resists for such a long time, and if you let go, then he will be offended even more, saying “He couldn't even hug me tightly,” and your any excuses will be smashed to smithereens. Then he can say a bunch of nasty things, all the sediment that has accumulated from time to time, such a specific outburst of negative emotions, and all this must be endured with dignity, without saying anything in response. This is the real test of how much you love your woman, how much you understand and realize what women want from men.

Men are able to experience emotions within themselves, the psyche works this way, but we are talking about real men, and not who are as emotional as women. And for this you need to be able to control your feelings, a man should not be strongly attached to a woman, otherwise he will react very strongly to a woman's mood, and their mood changes very often . In women, it is different, they can only accumulate and throw out their emotions. So when women do not throw out their emotions, crush them, or there is simply no one to throw them out, then in this case problems arise both with the psyche, the general emotional background, and with health. As a rule, women endure, endure, and then the explosion and the end of the relationship - it means that either the woman herself, or the man did not allow to express emotions. And as we already said, what women want in a relationship is to express their emotions so that people around them accept not only positive, but also negative emotions of a woman, they want others not to devalue their feelings and experiences.

It is very good when women understand that it is necessary not to put emotions in the farthest closet, but to learn how to correctly express their emotions. When there is a person next to whom they can speak out - great luck. Breakdowns, throwing tantrums, bursting into tears - these are all the outburst of emotions, the same "critical days" also contribute to the release of accumulated emotions outside, and this is correct, this is normal! There is a way out of something that women sometimes did not seem to worry about, it was just sitting somewhere in the back, and from the side of the listener, usually a friend or husband, the main thing is to recognize what to listen to and what is not at this moment. In this stream of words and emotions, some aspects are only a pretext for the release of emotions, so women can sometimes worry so zealously about a broken nail or peeling varnish, but there is something that needs to be listened to, what should be paid attention to, what needs to be changed in their behavior ...

In the end, I want to say only the following words: and accept the nature of a loved one, but just do not force the other person to accept your nature, especially when you do not accept his nature.

“Run your fingers over my soul. At least once, just once, feel what I feel, believe in what I believe in, feel what I feel, see, realize, study and once, at least once, understand. " Understand this quote and this is all you need to know to understand why women are so emotional. Don't see it as a problem, just accept it as a fact. Women should be that way, so men should love them for who they are, not for how they want them to be. Men express their emotions in few words, but women need more detail. There are many more of these differences between men and women that need to be respected rather than trying to fix. This article will help you understand why women are emotional, expressive and talkative. It contains factors that you should definitely pay attention to.

Left and right hemispheres of the brain

Men and women have different body structures, so it's no surprise that the brain also works differently. Women use the left and right hemispheres of the brain approximately equally, while men use the left hemisphere more. The left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for logical thinking and problem-solving skills, while the right hemisphere is responsible for prosodic language functions, creativity, facial perception, and the generation of emotions. Accordingly, the left hemisphere takes care of the person's IQ, that is, the intelligence quotient, while the right hemisphere takes care of the EQ, that is, the emotion quotient. Thus, since men are more likely to use the left brain hemisphere, they are more efficient at dealing with problems using a rational and logical approach. Women use both hemispheres of the brain, so they act with creativity, while appealing to emotions. Also, the right hemisphere of the brain is responsible for a person's ability to express their feelings and thoughts, as well as for understanding languages. That is why it is known that women are much better at mastering foreign languages ​​and are more creative.

Women are better at expressing emotions

Women have a much more developed limbic system. The limbic system is responsible for aspects of a person's life such as behavior, emotions, and memory. It allows a person to better express their feelings and better form bonds with others. However, the problem manifests itself in the fact that it opens the door to depression, especially during hormonal surges that occur during the menstrual cycle or pregnancy. Thus, during these periods, a woman may seem overly emotional or depressed.

Dealing with stress

Women also deal with stress differently. A hormone called oxytocin is released in the human body when a person is under stress. This hormone works differently in men and women. When a man is under stress, testosterone in his body reduces the effectiveness of oxytocin, which makes men more aggressive and angry. Women, on the other hand, have estrogen, which enhances the effect of oxytocin, which leads to feelings of calm and nurturing. Men are not very good at expressing their thoughts and feelings, so they react aggressively or viciously. Instead of dealing with the problem through conversation, they are always ready to get into a fight. Women, on the other hand, prefer to deal with stress in more peaceful ways. In a stressful situation, a woman is more likely to try to talk and understand or communicate with other people, feeling better after such communication.

Women feel more pain

The amygdala is a region of the brain that is activated when a person feels pain. The amygdala is also part of the limbic system, but is only responsible for emotions associated with pain. The amygdala is present in the brains of both men and women. However, despite this, men and women feel pain differently. Women feel more pain than men. This is supported by the fact that men receive a lower dose of morphine when they are in severe pain in order to achieve the same results as with a higher dose of morphine in women. And since women feel more pain than men, they are more likely to report it and are more likely to seek help.

Men and women are different

So the fact is that women are more sensitive than men and feel differently. They cry and grieve over little things, especially during PMS or when they are pregnant. Such big changes occur in the female body every month that even the most everyday tasks during such a period may seem like overwhelming work. This is why they seem to be more emotional when they are in pain or in a stressful situation. Men experience such situations with less intensity, it is not so easy to touch them emotionally. They are. Accordingly, when viewed from a man's point of view, women seem to be more emotional. Yes, women are emotional, but they are "very emotional" only when compared to men. Often women are really overly emotional, but in most cases this is due to hormonal changes that occur in their body, as well as because of what happened in the past. Some people, both men and women, cannot just take and forget what happened in the past. Such people do not let go of their past for a long time, and therefore they are often very emotional about trifles.

Men must be strong

Another factor is that a priori it is assumed that a man must be strong, and this perception is imprinted on his brain from early childhood. As a result, even if a man wants to cry or talk about something that happened to him, he will be forced not to. This is due to the society's perception of the norms of male behavior. Men are also emotional, but they rarely share their emotions.

conclusions

Even though men and women are constantly being compared and judged relative to each other, the truth is that they are created differently and have different characteristics. Understanding that a man and a woman are different from each other, but at the same time are inseparable, will help you understand that problems or conflicts between the sexes can be resolved by mutual understanding. People should respect each other for who they are. It is very important for both sexes to understand why women are so emotional. It can help women overcome depression or bad moods, and it can help men understand why women do this or that. Find out what women want and you will live a happy life.