The friend analogy is a good way to highlight sex negativity. You lead the person to say that the main difference between a friendship and a romantic relationship is sex. Then you allow them to tell you how terrible it is for people (but especially women) to have more than one sexual relationship at a time.
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Ha! Love that.
For me, translating things into how I would relate to them is my way of relating to the conversation at hand and interpreting things through my own filters. I'm aware, though, that it can come across to some people as, "She keeps making this all about herself."
Like Marcus said, it's really to keep the conversation going, and the other person can choose to ask me what my POV is and why, or just keep going with their side of the conversation.
As for the IF/THEN model, yes, our assumptions are definitely shaped by our environment. My truth may differ from yours if my environment is different in the first place, and while many people tend to assume that their "truth" is universal, it isn't, and therein lies the original communication problem.
Ha! Love that.
For me, translating things into how I would relate to them is my way of relating to the conversation at hand and interpreting things through my own filters. I'm aware, though, that it can come across to some people as, "She keeps making this all about herself."
Like Marcus said, it's really to keep the conversation going, and the other person can choose to ask me what my POV is and why, or just keep going with their side of the conversation.
As for the IF/THEN model, yes, our assumptions are definitely shaped by our environment. My truth may differ from yours if my environment is different in the first place, and while many people tend to assume that their "truth" is universal, it isn't, and therein lies the original communication problem.