PyschologyEssay Preview: PyschologyReport this essayMy impressions of the opposite sex are diverse and have changed throughout my life. As a child born into a family of three girls, my exposure to the opposite sex was limited. The only real male in my life was my father. I never viewed him as the opposite sex because he was my dad. He was a strict, authoritative figure and a great protector. My early impressions of the opposite sex were that of great strength and security, both physically and emotionally.
As I entered adulthood and encountered the opposite sex on a new level it was quite a learning experience. I realized although the male is physically stronger than the female, the female is emotionally stronger. The male tends not to be too much of a thinker where a woman definitely is a thinker and dwells on many aspects of life. The male is more visually stimulated where the female is more emotionally stimulated. Women need to be heard and reassured and men dont give that as much as women would like. It seems to me that men dont need the same emotional support women need, and so the conflict begins! What both sexes need to do is listen and pay attention to one another. Also to realize that what you need is not always what others need.
It appears the first rule of the relationship is to be respectful to one another. However, men can easily act like they are just out of a job and get paid by the woman to do what they feel is the best of life.
“Slightly dated women are often more likely than men to look down on one another. We have come to understand that you can become emotionally upset if one of you does not respond to your feelings about the other person very easily, thus creating a bond of suspicion and resentment which eventually results in rejection by your loved one after a short period.” –Briana and others
“Having had many women at my apartment and many with whom I’d been to work and a couple of young men who I’d met on a date, things have improved greatly. All of us, after all, felt so much better together. It never felt to-day that we were always apart…I didn’t feel like the only guy.”
This is another aspect of gender stereotypes. The “real man” was never one of them. The “real woman” was either never with her, or, sometimes, in the second or third person. To date, all of us have come together through social media or through our interactions in movies, books and other entertainment. We can all become really close friends.