Women are from Venus and men are from Mars is a popular book entailing the differences between men and woman. It’s not a secret that men and woman differ not only physically but emotionally too. This continues to be a hot topic as dynamics of gender roles and relationships are changing into the future.

In relationships men and woman view the same situations very differently from emotions running wild to always coming up with a logical solution. We don’t always see things eye to eye and in relationships this could cause some conflict.

How men and woman communicate is determined by how we view our relationships with each other.

Lisa Diamond, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Utah, is studying how couples argue. She studies the changes that in occur in their bodies as they fight. Diamond is attempting to determine the relationships between the body and the nervous system with communication and conflict.

Even the smallest gesture might aggravate or alleviate the situation with the relationship. She’s attempting to separate and/or connect emotion with certain bodily reactions such as heart rate and anger. She claims the tough part of the study is getting the couples to stop fighting after they start and she’s collected enough data.

In relationships, most couples know how to manipulate one another by pushing the right buttons stirring certain emotions.  That is the simple part.  It’s how to communicate and work through conflict that‘s the tough part.

According to Diamond, men benefit more from marriage then women since women tend to fill the role of maintaining the relationship.  Because women accept this role they feel worn down and tired. She claims this may be why men live healthier and longer lives.

Communication is important to relationships and certain body language may be able to provoke or inhibit conflict.  This could all be related to long lasting marriages or ones that end in divorce.

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