God has made men and women differently. We are equals, but that doesn't mean we are the same. One of the major differences is that women feel a strong desire to be loved and men feel a strong desire to be respected. Our job is to understand the perspective of our spouse and respect those differences. Otherwise, the The Crazy Cycle occurs - men withhold love from their wives because they feel disrespected and women withhold respect from their husbands because they feel unloved.