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Unit 2 Men V.S. (against) Women男女有别 Preview You were once involved in an intimate relationship with the opposite sex; if not, just think about your parents or other couples you are familiar with. Smart as you are, you may have noticed that no relationship can avoid frustration or conflict, no matter how hard the two involved try to understand and compromise. Given their diverse patterns of feeling, communicating, and responding, there is reason to believe that men and women belong to different species (though they are both human beings), and then everything can be explained. Part I Text Reading Warm-up I. Ten common complaints that are easily misinterpreted. Sometimes, men and women seldom mean the same things even when they use the same words. In the following chart ten complaints easily misinterpreted are listed, as well as how a man might respond unsupportively. Women say things like this: Men respond like this: We never go out. Thats not true. We went out last week. Everyone ignores me. Im sure some people notice you. I am so tired. I cant do anything. If you dont like your job, then quit. I want to forget everything. I dont think theres anything to forget. The house is always a mess. Its not always a mess. No one listens to me anymore. But Im listening to you right now Nothing is working. Are you saying it is my fault? You dont love me anymore. Of course I do. Thats why Im here. We are always in a hurry. We are not. Friday we were relaxed. I want more romance. Are you saying I am not romantic? Have you ever complained or responded in the similar way? Please use the sentence pattern: women...while men ...to generalize mens and womens speaking patterns. Example: Women complain while men ignore. Women talk about feelings while men talk about facts. Women care while men give the cold shoulder. II. Here is a problem! Now you have known some differences between men and women, then lets predict what both would say or do when facing the following proble