Are men real sensitive to the same things that women are sensitive about?

I think so, but individual differences can be greater than those between men and women. The best way is to see people as individuals that may have some predispositions. Or not.

Thanks Gary. It is always nice to get a man's point of view on things. Rainbowsun 9 months ago .

Nope. You're right that men are sensitive, but human beings are "sensitive" over what is important to them, and males generally tend to value as important different things than females do. Yet, we manage to get together and reproduce anyway.

Family in both genders will be important, however; child illness will be important to both.

Men are wired differently than women. I really think there is something to the Mars/Venus analogy. They are sensitive, but perceive and handle their sensitivity in a different way.

The exception to that rule that I have observed is my male gay friends. They wear their emotions on their sleeves like most women do. They have a lot of the same emotional needs as women.

I have observed that men have certain rituals or traditions that they enact in dealing with depth of feeling. Like for example, male bonding via sports, or some type of mutual interest with male friends. I really think men are also programmed from an early age to handle their feelings differently than women are.

Despite all I've written here, there are so many different types of male personalities. The less a male is intimidated by women and his own female aspects, the more honest he seems to be able to be with his own emotions. The men I have been close to in my life were all honest, sensitive and expressive of their feelings.

I admire that and view it as a male strength, ironically. I'm sure the males on this site could enlighten us on this issue.

Well said Skylight. I do agree with you about how men process their emotions a lot differently then women. For example a wife may want to talk about her day at work.

But some men may not want to hear about it or talk about work. He may want to relax and forget about his job and her job during that time. Whereas women may have a need to talk about their day.

Not all men feel that way. But I do know what it feels like to be tuned out. Rainbowsun 9 months ago .

I think most women have known what it feels like to be shut out at one time or another. I think most women have also felt like they were not understood by the man in their life. I know for a fact that men have a difficult time understanding women who have complicated, sensitive psyches.

I think there are just natural differences in processing information, and a great deal of the time, they don't even know they're doing something that is hurting their partner. Its an endless dance isn't it? .

Personally I tend to block the feeling I am feeling depending on the situation at hand. The experts say you should never compartmentalize your feeling or emotions. This can be a problem if someone has hurt you and you don't have time to sort out what just happened.

Women have to talk about it to clear there pent up feeling about it. Women tend not to be attracted to men if they do not respond emotionally to an event that clearly shows emotion. However, men do show emotion in differnent ways then a woman would expect, the suprise to this is what attract's woman to men.

Besides all the head games.

They say, most men spend their lives in quiet desperation..I have a personal credo in this regard.. About 2% of men make things happen.. About 40% have things happen to them.. The rest walk around wondering what happened..

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.