Men and women are different, we all know that, but beyond the obvious are the invisible barriers that keep both genders from working harmoniously together. Each gender approaches a problem in different ways. Men offer quick solutions, while women need to discuss the problem first before drawing up the solution. This is one area of communication where women often complain men don't enough.
According to John Gray, the author of Mars and Venus in the Workplace, men feel they have performed efficiently when they're able to offer solutions to problems quickly. They define their sense of self and competency by the results of their actions and the achievements of goals. To offer unsolicited advice to men is to presume they don't know what to do, or are not capable of solving problems on their own. Instead of helping, it often produces friction between men and women.