The point is not about fitting, but about increasing understanding of each other. Just as gender types are not absolute, so human nature is not about Nature, about fixed givens and uniformities. Our world is not simply a natural reality but a social on as well. To be born, grow, learn and die are social actions, that take place in the context of other people who take up definite roles, from mother, to peer, to teacher to priest. The human world is a world of people, and human being is social being.
Communication is the exchange of meaning.
Conversations in the widest possible sense structure and constitute our lives. How we communicate is just as important sometimes much more important than the literal message transmitted. Not only what, but how and who and where go in to making the meaning of a conversational contributions. The question discussed in this program of study is whether there are typical differences in the conversational styles of men and women, in our experience, in cultures we have been exposed to, and to some extent in research. Women and Men in Conversation .