Go to "His Needs/Her Needs" and look at the top five womens needs and the top five mens needs. Commuication plays a big role in female needs, but the top 5 male needs more or less don't really needs much communication at all. This is why I say that communication is much more a female need then male. Not that it is not important to the marriage, its just that for men, it really is not big in terms of their top five needs.
Heck the top three male needs were Complete Sexual Fulfillment, Physical Attractiveness, and Recreational Companion. These are highly physical, commuication is not to important in these needs.