Symbols in Communications

When we first began to talk about symbols you don't realize how important or frequently they are used in everyday life. When I see a sign on a door with a woman I know that it is the womans bathroom. I will know that whether I am in America or another country. It is amazing that symbols or drawings can stand for something and cross a lanuage barrier between people. If I watch the spanish channel I can understand what is going on even though I can not understand more than a few sentences. It is gestures and facial expressions that show how someone is feeling or what they are thinking more than words and sentences. Sometimes a person says something but it is not what they mean. It is a persons job to find out what a person really feels. Maybe that is why relationships are so hard, sometimes people can't seem to find out the others feelings. Or it could be that guys don't realize that girls never mean what they say, atleast that is the stereotype. Maybe this stereotype partialy was right. But whether or not people can figure each other out its made easier by universal symbols. Having a standard way of communication leaves means for understanding.