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Tue 06 Jun 2009Say it, don't swallow it
GIVE ME A BREAK:WHY CAN’T A woman talk more like a man? Seriously. I mean it. Women placate. They swallow their feelings and take too much on so as not to rock the boat, while secretly seething with resentment. Men look after themselves and don’t notice the boat is rocking, while resentment makes them feel, well . . . resentful, writes KATE HOLMQUIST
Consider this exchange that I’ve borrowed from Himglish & Femalese: Why women don’t get why men don’t get themby Jean Hannah Edelstein who, her publicists say, is the 2009 answer to Men are from Mars,etc.
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