In 2015, I wrote The fundamental lack of trust between men and women. Today, my 2026 update that includes: (1) Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus (1992), and (2) my 2022 blog The 7 elements that define the type of relationship. My 2019 diagram (below) was/is too complicated.
Bridging the 7 elements that define the type of relationship – a.k.a. the “gap” – between men and women will take (lots of) time and effort. Fortunately, it’s possible; else we would have been extinct by now.
Some relevant quotes:
- Edith Hamilton: Love cannot live where there is no trust
- William Shakespeare: There’s no trust, No faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.
- Homer: No trust is to be placed in women.
- Joyce Brothers: The best proof of love is trust.
- Anuj: There is no respect between the souls of two individuals if their minds can’t trust each other and there is no trust between them if their hearts can’t accept the truth of each other.
Women vs. Men (1989) by David Byrne
artist, lyrics, video, Wiki-artist, Wiki-album+song
Women have their world
And men, we have ours
We’re into sports
And they’re into flowers
The women are talking
We do not understand
They speak in a language
We do not comprehend
No one knows how it started
And God knows how it’ll end
The fightin’ continues
Women versus Men
Note: all markings (bold, italic, underlining) by LO unless in quotes or stated otherwise
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