There's a book which I've found very useful in understanding the ways that men and women communicate differently: You Just Don't Understand.
Really a great book. The linguistics professor who wrote it, Dr. Deborah Tannen, studied the differences between men and women. Our language and our behaviors are related. Women's preferences for consensus and men's for competition & one-upping come out in how we speak to others. The book explains a lot. Doesn't excuse it, but helps one make sense of the other gender's approach to all kinds of situations.
p.s. This entry is not a follow-up to the last one. Taking out your issues on others has nothing to do with gender, but with a lack of self-control.
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