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Summary: Of Course All Men Are Just Like ME...
Review: Please speak only for yourselves. All men are not like the dehumanizing creatures in this book. I'm not, and neither are my friends. I have found that a lot of men use the excuse "baby, that's how all men are," or "men are just wired that way," to excuse anything. But it's not true. Some of us are actual human beings, and think and behave that way even when we're alone or at work or on vacation. And no, we're not all controlled by our sex drives. And yes, some of us do love the women we marry, and don't want to be with anyone else, even if offered. How egocentric to believe that just because you're a certain way, that all men are. Return this one, quick.
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Summary: Male Measures of Importance
Review: Armed with a sense of privilege they've been able to exercise for centuries, males are rarely in the position of having to measure their actions upon the preferences or criteria of females and what they do or do not like. For most, not having to is the freedom expected, as well as the freedom they seek. While biological urges may be great, loyalty is, in their eyes, greater, for the simple reason that it is they who are usually as the forefront of survival, and the mechanisms they use are critically important to that. It is the demands of other men, not women, who create the exigent circumstances in which they must act, or react, that determine their priorities. Since most men consider their priorities paramount, they regularly justify any behavior that aids them to accomplish them. While this is a no brainer to most men, it is often lost on women who feel that love, affection, obligation or a sense of duty will modify their actions. While those factors may be weighed, they are rarely determinative in male progress, and if they are, it is often because men decide it is the best method of defense, or recourse in living and challenging their objectives. It is commendable that the author undertook the honest revelation of men that so many women need to understand in their dealings with men.
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Summary: This book confirmed what I pretty much already knew!
Review: This book was a hilarious read, yet brutally honest. It made for interesting discussion, thats for sure!
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Summary: This book is essential knowledge for women
Review: I VEHEMENTLY DISAGREE with the reviews by women who say this book is unnecessary! On the contrary, this book is essential. I am a woman in a seven year relationship -- my husband doesn't cheat, hasn't cheated and, I bet, hasn't considered cheating. But that doesn't mean I don't want the critical information provided by Smith and Doe (at what risk I can only imagine). I need to know WHY men cheat, what makes them do it, why they think they can get away with it... I want my daughter, when she's 16, to have this information as well. Nobody was ever too well-informed when it comes to dealing with this complicated world. For those female reviewers who think they know it all, or simply don't want to know anything, I wish you luck because you're definitely going to need it. For me, give me the truth, give me knowledge, give me power. Thank you Smith and Doe, not only for myself but for my friends who I am buying copies of your excellent book for.
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Summary: The truth hurts. But does it have to?
Review: Alternately hilarious and disturbing, this book will ultimately make you do one of the two: laugh or cry. The laughs come with truths like this: "[If] your man is faithful, loving and true...he 's probably so unattractive that no other woman wants him. As time goes by, neither will you." And the heartwrenching truths like this will leave you wondering about your mate: "Eveything revolves around the ease of male access to orgasm while being able to tolerate you afterward. The second your man has an orgasm, where you are becomes the last place on the planet he wants to be."Armed with a 75 question fidelity test, depending upon the reader's perspective, the authors will either succeed in getting you to take an honest new look at your mate, or create divide. The authors state that "the point of this book is not to divide, but to facilitate communication between you and your man." If you can get through the book without throwing it across the room in utter disgust, if you can get to page 158's Condensed Guide to Training Your Man, if you can read every page without punching your man in his windpipe, communication just might be possible. I would have given the book 4 stars but the only helpful adivce given comes in the form of the shortest chapter in the book: the last chapter, "A Faint Ray of Hope (Or, my man is a dog)," and it's only 6 pages long.
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Summary: Great read-but now I feel like someone's blocked out the sun
Review: Like I said in the title, this is a great read. I am in a serious relationship with a man who confessed to cheating on "every other woman he's ever been with other than me". Don't think I'm stupid enough to believe that, but I love him and I wanted to understand what is in a man's make up that makes him prone to this behavior. I myself have never cheated on anyone, the thought is actually quite repulsive. So I set out on a journey to learn what's really going on here and Smith & Doe have definately delivered. While on the one hand I'm glad to have this new light shed on my once happy little daydream, I can't help but feel contempt for all men. My happy daydream is now somewhat of a nightmare and to be honest, I feel like someone has blocked out the sun.
Here's hoping that will pass and that I will become stronger for knowing the truth. And you will too.
Read it especially if you are a woman in a relationship where fidelity is an issue. But heed Smith & Doe's warning at the beginning of the book. You will never ever look at any man in your life the same again.
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Summary: Honest Assessment
Review: In "What Men Don't Want Women To Know", authors Smith and Doe give the female reader a truthful, honest-to-goodness look into the male sexual appetite. Some of what they contend might scare or appaul (more than likely a little of both), but it never sugarcoats. Looking for an uncensored glimpse into your man's hidden-most longings? Add this to your shopping cart! It's definitely money well spent.
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Summary: Interesting, But Disheartening
Review: I am always interested in the different ways mens' and womens' brains are wired, but this book just made me never want to be intimate with a man again.
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Summary: Very Entertaining
Review: I don't know why there are so many bad reviews. The book - you can even tell from the back cover - was written for entertainment. Are some things in the book true? Absolutely. Most of the true? Probably. Will it give you a couple hours of laughs? Sure.
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Summary: Some Good Some Bad
Review: If you were a WASP in your 30s living in the big city and maintaining the upper class lifestyle, then this book described you to a tee. However, this book does not describe all men very well. Of course, there were some great things in it that described men, but it only seemed that men were ALL jerks. I am hoping on behalf of all PEOPLE, that men are not jerks all around. I do recommend that Smith and Doe maintain their incognituity because the book was disappointing and too short. I do appreciate them taking time out to change font to make their points well known, however, my appreciation ends on the prostitution chapter. A book to read AFTER reading this one is "Let's Face It, Men are @$$#0/E$" That book takes it to a whole new level AND it is also written by 2 males.
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