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Jamie Field
Self-Disclosure, Gender, and Communication
COM 200 Interpersonal Communication
Prof. Katie Decker
2/ 15/ 2013
Communication is a huge part of having any kind of successful relationship, especially marriage. I hear all the time how marriages go down hill simply from communication or lack there of. If everyone would just take a little time to learn how to communicate effectively and more positively I am sure we would avoid a lot of broken marriages. Self-disclosure is also very important in a relationship; it allows couples to share personal information and feelings with each other and by doing so in turn allows the couples to really get to know one another. According to the article, ” A review in the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy found that higher rates of self-disclosure were tied with higher rates of marital satisfaction.” (Schoenberg, N., 2011, Jan 17) In other words, the more couples really know each other the stronger their relationship will be and the easier it will be to communicate. I am not currently in a relationship, nor have I really had any kind of good relationship so it is hard for me to relate to this article. From my experience, I have always been the one to share my personal feelings and information but not my partners and therefore the communication between us was often one sided. Self-disclosure is very important especially if you are with someone you are planning to marry. Its important to truly know someone before you marry them that way you can avoid possible heart break later, you want to make sure the person you are willing to spend the rest of your life with is really the right one for you. From what little experience I have, I think that women are definitely better communicators than men, and if they arent they make an effort to be. Men seem to try to communicate with few words as possible or not all. I am sure there are men out there that communicate as well or if not better than woman but I have not met one yet. I think in all honesty, Women care more about effective communication than men do. Women often let their emotions effect their communication skill where as men would rather leave emotions out of it. Generalizing a group of people is always logical if the generalization is based on prior experience or conventional wisdom. That being said, generalizations are never 100 percent accurate and truthful. Some things are usually true but never always true. When it comes to generalizations, its just like our text states, “It is important that you keep an open mind and guard against letting your preconceived ideas unduly influence your early judgments of others.” (Sole, K., 2011, 7.2) Its also good to remember that although there may be some things in your past that has