He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. Women complain a lot that men don't listen to them and don't talk readily about what is on their minds, much less what is on their hearts. For women talking is how they draw close to each other, how they bond and find community.
Women often make the mistake of assuming conversation has the same function for men.
This is a grave error. For men conversation is just another form of combat. Words are weapons we throw at each other. I was a legislator for a time and so got very familiar with the use of words as weapons. I learned early on that when I told people that they were wrong, had made a terrible mistake or were about to, they were seldom grateful.