Womyn: Worst Communicators?

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Yesterday I watched a Youtube video in which an autistic person said that she had the most communication problems with womyn, and that womyn spoke with more subtext than men. I have the same experience, and I saw at least one person say the same thing in the Women's sub-forum.

It seems like womyn are more likely to look for subtext in what people say.

So how about you?

I have that problem. Many women add a lot of subtext and I get confused listening to it all. I find men easier to talk to, because they get to the point.

It isn't the subtext that gets me, it is the impervious attitude to logic. Both genders do it a lot, but womyn make it one of their rights.

why is everyone spelling women "womyn"?

I want more people to vote.

There are differences between the communication styles of men and women. And women differ by generation in communication style. And there are huge differences between individuals within each gender in communication style (probably greater than the differences between the genders).

My parents were polar opposites in how they spoke. The differences were partially due to gender, partially due to the gender expectations of their particular generation (parents of the Boomers who grew up in the Depression era), and partially due to their own peculiar idiosyncracies. So for me its hard to generalize because my main models for how the two genders talk are just those two people.

If your a boy growing up with aspergers your mom is probably a better teacher for how to communicate with folks than your dad is because women pick up on stuff between the lines, and practice more diplomatic type speech than men. The stuff that aspies lack even more than NT men lack.

But the down side is that though mom was better at picking up stuff between the lines she was worse at conveying stuff because she would always tell long tedious stories in the beginning-middle-end form. Which is fine for jokes and anectdotes. If your aim is to entertain then you end with the punchline. But if you're telling someone something serious it should be End-beginning-middle (and if you do it that way- you usually don't even need to waste time with the beginning and the middle). In a practical business type conversation the first thing out of your mouth should be...what the friggin point is!! !! !

Dad was always blunt and to the point.

So maybe there are differences but one gender isn't really better or worse than the other to communicate with.

I find men to be more straightforward to communicate with.
With women the subtleties and subtext develop and refine continuously across a lifetime, its like an evolving language, I need a manual.

Why is "women" spelt with a Y?

It's how misandrist and extreme feminists spell women because they don't want to use the word "men" at all. I once read an article where a female person believed all men should be castrated on Father's Day, who spelled it that way. I thought she was creepy and insane.

But if the OP thinks women are worse at communicating, then it's implying the opposite. I think people of both genders can be good or bad it.

The topic is about personal experience, not inherent communication abilities of either sex.

Your question is open to many interpretations.

Sorry for sounding confusing. Not the first time I was confusing.

I learned today that I should use words that most people know of.

I think men are easier to communicate with, as well----for the same reasons, as others have stated----because men are more direct; and, I'd much, MUCH rather have a male boss, for instance, cuz women are more often, IME, too emotional ('course, sometimes, men aren't emotional, ENOUGH----but, there ya go).

In my experience when I was younger I found men easier to communicate with.
Speaking stereotypically men appeared to be more straight forward , no bitching , no subtext , no gossiping etc. while woman on the other hand spoke a different language and appeared more complex.
I feel at some point there was a switch where men adopted the same language as woman and adapted it to include more subtext.
I can no longer differentiate whose easier to communicate with based on sex , it's now based on the individual.