I have always been puzzled how the myth of women being better communicators got started. This thought arose in me the other night when watching Scrubs of all shows. JD and Turk were having a fight. JD approaches Turk in the cafe and clearly, calmly, and coherently explains himself, at which point Turk reciprocates. I have never had any sort of problem with another male that I couldn't (fairly) easily work out in this way. It also makes me laugh when I hear women say they prefer guy friends because men say what they think. So how is it that these mystical, invisible, inaudible "signals" that women give off have come to be called "communication?" Huh? Did I miss something? Maybe it came from the fact that women use more words in a day than men. Like all statistics, I believe this has been used to justify claims that are not true.

I know I've never been in a relationship, and I'm sure others here will attest to this, in which stuff like this does not occur:

{Uh oh, she's looks upset} "Honey, is something wrong?"
"No." *heavy sigh*
"Are you sure? You seem a little unnerved."
"It's nothing." *sigh's again*
"Well, if you're sure. Glad to know you're okay."
"Mmmmhmmmm"

Then later that evening, after she blows up about something trivial...

"You never listen to me!!! You never know what's wrong!!! Why don't you communicate with me!!!"

Yep, it's the same old story over and over. After constant daily prods somehow magically you are the one not communicating. Absurd, absolutely absurd. And don't even think of bringing up the fact that you did try to communicate. Nothing brings out the beast quicker.

Can anyone shed any light on this?