possibly noteworthy wrote:

Women want to talk about it, but men are more likely to retreat into stoney silence. Our correspondent investigates the science behind how we argue

The short answer is that there is no science behind this.

the situation described of the distancer and the pursuer pretty much describes a 5 year relationship I once had and sums it up quite well -- we always ended up arguing about how we argued -- at the time I thought it was just me

RE: Why men and women argue differently