We are emotional creatures. It's not just a woman thing to need to talk about feelings and have emotions validated. Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. How did this book affect a generation's ability to identify their needs in a relationship?

Men are from Mars; therefore, society expects them to behave like they are from Mars. They need to be masculine defined as the strong and silent type. They need to fix things. They need a man cave to destress. They don’t need to talk about it. They need to dismiss their feelings. They need to downplay their problems.

Women are from Venus; therefore, society expects them to behave like they are from Venus. They need to be feminine. They need love and attention. They need to talk about their problems even if it isn’t about solutions. They need reassurance.

If either sex behaves like they are from the other planet, it’s unnatural and weird. They’re aliens.