Problem: Communication between male and female counterparts appears strained and often times non-existent.
Hypothesis: Lack of communication is due to a difference in male and female thought processes.
Case Study: A random couple was given such-and-such-an-item as a Christmas gift. A picture of the item was presented in lieu of the actual item because it had yet to be ordered. About a week goes by and the husband asks his wife if such-and-such-an-item is being delivered to their house. She says, "Yes."
Two more weeks go by and the item has yet to arrive, so the husband inquires of his wife as to the item's whereabouts. She replies that she has not ordered it because she hadn't yet picked which style of such-and-such-an-item she wanted.
Results: The husband is at first confused. "You said it was on the way," he accuses his wife. "No, you asked if it was being delivered here, and I said it was," the wife says. "But it can't be delivered here unless you order it," the husband refutes. "You didn't ask if I ordered it," the wife says. And so on, until the man becomes angry and the woman begins to cry.
Analysis: The husband assumed that such-and-such-an-item had been ordered because if something is to be delivered somewhere, someone would have had to order it first. Not to mention the word "being", as in "is the item being delivered here", implies the present tense. The wife does not entertain such assumptions. She believes her answer implied that IF such-and-such-an-item were to be ordered, it would be delivered to the house. The fact that a picture of the item to be ordered was shown to the husband, along with the failure to mention the task of choosing the "style" of the item, has been utterly disregarded.
Conclusion One: Women are illogical. This may come as a shock to women, but that
shouldn't be surprising. After all, crazy people don't think they're
crazy. The ability to make a connection between two correlating subjects
(e.g. order and delivery) is apparently not something that God endowed
the female gender with. So when asking a woman a question, a man may
not assume anything. Regardless of how blatant or obvious an assumption
may be to a man, it is very likely that the woman has not made, nor do
they care to make, the same assumption. In addition, the woman does not need to be right in order to win an argument.
Conclusion Two: Men are assholes. This does not come as a shock to most women. Nor does
this fact elude most men. This is why the man
ends up apologizing to the woman after a fight. It's because he acted
like a complete douche bag, even though he probably started off on
the correct side of the issue. Furthermore, making the woman cry automatically disqualifies the man from any victory that may have been within his grasp.
Final Conclusion: The hypothesis seems correct. Lack of communication between male and female counterparts is indeed due to a difference in thought processes. It should also be noted that it is pointless for a man to enter into an argument with a woman who has the tendency to cry. Estrogen trumps testosterone every time...unless you're a wife-beater. And in that case, you'll likely end up in jail or missing a penis, so the woman still wins.
