Brooks Boatright's Expectations Of Men And Women

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The cartoon is expressing that women go into deeper thought about situations than men. It's representing the fact that women know what they want, but men feel a certain way for merely a moment. Brooks Boatright goes on to say "This is relevant to understanding the expectations of men and women in society simply because it proves that women are better listeners than men", and I agree with him. Women expect more from men because we fail to communicate properly and understand what they want. If we listened and understood how crazy they actually were, we probably would have second thoughts about staying with them. Women tend to more focused and less distractible than men usually are. Communication is important in a relationship, and that's way

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