Why Do Women Make Better Naggers?

Most women have the brain organization to out-talk and out-nag any man on the planet. A female brain is organized for multi-tracking—she can juggle four or five balls in the air at the same time. She can run a computer program while talking on the telephone plus listen to a second conversation behind her, all the time drinking a cup of coffee. She can talk about several unrelated topics in the one conversation and uses five vocal tones to change the subject or emphasize points. Men can identify only three of those tones. As a result, men often lose the plot when listening to women talk.

Multi-tracking can even occur in a single sentence—

Bill: "Is Sue coming over for Christmas?"

Debbie: "Sue said she'll come depending on how things go with carpet orders which have slowed down because of the economy and Fiona may not come because Andrew has to see a specialist and Nathan has lost his job too so he has to get a new one and Jodi can't get time off work—her boss is so tough!—so Sue said she could come down early and we could go dress shopping for Emma's wedding and I thought that if we put her and Len in the guest bedroom we could ask Ray to arrive early so . . ."

Bill: "Does that mean 'yes' or 'no'?"

Debbie: "Well, it also depends on whether Diana's boss Adrian will give her time off work because his car is off the road and she has to . . ." etc., etc.

Bill thought he had asked a simple question and he would have been happy with a simple answer like "yes" or "no." Instead, he got a multi-tracked answer involving nine different subjects and eleven people. He feels frustrated and goes outside to water the garden.

Male brains are organized for mono-tracking. They can only concentrate on one thing at a time. When a man opens a map, he turns the radio off. If she talks with him when he's driving on a rotary, he'll miss his exit and then blame her because she was talking. When a telephone rings he asks everyone to be quiet so he can answer it. For some men, often in the most powerful positions, it can even prove hard to walk and chew gum at the same time.

Men's brains are mono-tracked. They can't make love and answer questions on why they haven't taken out the garbage at the same time.

One of the big problems for men is when multi-tracking happens during the nagging process. It's all too much for him so he simply shuts off. This goes on to begin a vicious cycle of the nagger increasing her volume and the strength of her accusations or claim to entitlement while the victim retreats further behind his barrier, often to the point of putting physical distance between himself and the nagger. Leaving the scene may not always be possible and the pressure will build up to a point where the victim will strike back resulting in a bitter argument. Sometimes that could even spill over into physical violence.

From the book “Why man don’t have a clue and woman always need more shoes?” By Barbara Pease.