Sheehy also offers tips for women trying to communicate with men. When you're talking to your husband, if you're trying to get him to a doctor's appointment or to join a men's support group, you have to say it gently, but often. She rolls her eyes and lets out a huge sigh. Oh, I wish I had known this 30 years ago. If you push him, he will feel challenged.
Men are hard-wired to overreact to danger.
It takes men longer to incorporate these ideas.