Week 3: Chapter 2 — What Men Hear and What Women Hear

1.Eggerichs uses the metaphor of 'pink sunglasses and blue sunglasses' to describe how men and women see the world differently. What does this metaphor communicate that simply saying 'men and women are different' does not?

2.The author describes how the same comment — say, about the lawn or the dinner — can land completely differently depending on whether it is being heard through 'pink' or 'blue' hearing aids. Can you think of a specific misunderstanding in your own relationship that might be explained by this perceptual difference?

3.Eggerichs makes the point that neither the pink nor the blue perspective is wrong — they are simply different. Why is it important to resist the temptation to declare one gender's way of processing as the 'correct' or 'more mature' way?