Scenario 6: Decision Drivers
Her way: Women are generally more comfortable talking about their feelings.
His way: Men prefer to dwell on the facts and skip the feelings.
The result: Communications trouble. All communications consists of both intellectual and emotional elements. Misunderstandings arise when we ignore one side of the two dimensions. That doesn't mean everything has to be fifty-fifty, but miscommunications can greatly improve just by acknowledging some level of feelings or intellect.
Advice: So a man might explain to a woman that he knows some conversations might be difficult, and then say that it's also difficult for him. That would change the mood and point to his feelings. A woman might dial down emotional intensity by trying to be more analytical and laying out the issues in an organized way. She can then list those issues, one by one, and that analysis, too, would change and encourage dialogue.