b"Chapter 5 MARS AND VENUS Thirty years ago, the bookMen are from Mars and Women are from Venuswas published. This hugely popular book by author John Gray contains many suggestionsforimprovingrelationshipsbetweenmenandwomenby understanding the communication style and emotional needs of the opposite sex.As the title suggests, the book affirms the idea that men and women are as different as beings from other planets, and that learning the code of conduct of the opposite sex is of essential value even if individuals do not necessarily conform to stereotypical behavior.Communications and relationships are based on understanding each other. As much in your life as a couple, at work and in society, you have to be careful about how to understand the differences between men and women, because your success depends on it.Tohelpusunderstandthepossibledifferencesandsimilarities,itisworth reviewing some facts from Dr. Gray's research.1.Enjoy the difference: it is important to remember that men and women havemutuallydifferentnatures.Menandwomenneedtoappreciate these differences and stop expecting the other to act the same or feel the same.2.Thedifferences:menlovetohavetheirabilitiesrecognizedand appreciated and hate to have them looked down upon or ignored. Women love having their feelings acknowledged and appreciated, and hate having them looked down upon or ignored.Men don't place much importance on feelings, as they believe they can lead to extremely passionate and extremely unstable behavior. Women do not place great importance on abilities, because in their opinion, they can lead to coldly impartial and aggressive behavior.Men like to work alone and exercise their abilities by solving problems quickly and alone. Women like to cooperate and exercise their feelings through interactive communication with each other. Men value solutions and find unsolicited help undermines their efforts to solveproblemsontheirown.Womenvalueassistanceandview unsolicited solutions as undermining their efforts to proceed interactively. Men want their solutions to be appreciated. Women want their assistance to be appreciated. 172Germain Decelles"