Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives

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Summary: Not useful to most people
Review: I can summerize the whole book in three sentences.

1)Women tend to not think about what they're doing - particularly when it comes to men.

2)Women tend to not stand up for themselves - particularly when it comes to men.

3) Women tend to blame others = particularly their men - for the problems caused by 1 & 2.

If these are a real problem for you this book make inspire you to get your act together. If not you'll probably find it somewhere between irrelevent and thoroughly irritating.

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Summary: Great advice for Women!
Review: Again, in this book Dr. Laura doesn't talk around the issues; instead she's right to the point. Some advice may sound tough, and perhaps it is, but it's helpful advice based on keen insight. This is a great book for us ladies and I think it will help especially all married women. Another book that I highly recommend as it is so very helpful, and which has been written by a man who is frequently assigned the title of Dr. Laura's twin brother, is Dietmar Scherf's "I Love Me: Avoiding & Overcoming Depression."

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Summary: She's Just The Best!
Review: I totally agree with everything she says. Her views are totally correct, politically correct, and just plain common sense. I HIGHLY recommend this book to everyone,especially if you are in a "no-win" situation with your current relationship. She is a beautiful, smart, intelligent, intellectual who tells it like it is. BUY THIS BOOK! IT SAVED MY LIFE!

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Summary: Face the Facts
Review: I have given this book away as a present in book and audiotape format. I think this book is good reading because it basically tells us (women) that we have to accept that we control the positive and negative outcomes of our lives. We don't have to pick a good and decent man to marry, have kids with and live out our lives with. We can choose a man who won't marry us but is willing to use us for sex! We all make foolish choices, but the book makes us wake up and face the fact that we chose the man and therefore all that follows.

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Summary: Wake up, women
Review: If you don't really want to face up to the fact that your behavior and choices affect your life, don't read this book. If you'd rather go on making stupid choices and blaming the results on everything and everyone else, don't read this book. But if you're ready to change your life for the better, read it. I did, and it's made a major positive difference in my life. There really are right and wrong choices.

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Summary: Interesting
Review: You know, it's really interesting to see the whacko-political right, immediately branding myself and other critics of the good Doctor as being extreme liberals.

Sooner or later, the term 'infidel' will eventually emerge, as the last two reviewers advocate cramming this book down the throats of youngsters in high school.

The extermination of non-believers is a distant agenda for this kind of ideological terrorism, and taking a step towards it is never a good thing. We've seen it in the Bible and we've seen it in Nazi germany - haven't we learned yet?

Let's just try to be fair about this. I do NOT approve of this intolerant literature, you do. If someone wants to read it... they can. If someone doesn't, then don't force them to. Is that really too much to ask in a free market culture?

'Required reading in high schools!' You guys really know how to get a laugh out of me!

Let's just be frank here... you like Chocolate ice cream, I like Pistachio. I say, eat what you like... you say "Everybody should eat Chocolate ice cream, because it's right"... just listen to yourselves! Whew!

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Summary: Okay...
Review: I was distressed to learn of what was written in the last two reviews. To the reader, from the second star on the right (second degree to the political right, would be more appropriate), you know, I'm really sorry that you've been brought up in an authoritarian environment, where your parents 'make' you read books. Sooner or later, you become one with such a mentality, and it's sad to see that you have, because you really sound like a nice girl, probably cute too.

As far as not following the review guidelines to the n-th degree, I'm really not going to apologize for exercising a freedom granted to me as a US Citizen, so please - like the Bible, don't take EVERYTHING literally.

I have a degree in Sociology and main thing that I have learned is that you cannot apply cookie-cutter solutions in social contexts. Particularly in relationships. Like men being predictable, it's true, women are very odd creatures (adorable though), but your comment on learning off the mistakes of others was distressing. Did you actually read the types of people in the case studies? If you equate your life to those Jerry Springer guests, then it's fine, I stand corrected.

But one truism in life will forever remain: There is a difference in simply knowing A path and walking THE path. When you actually walk the path, you find solutions and possibilites which you never even dreamed of. Shutting them down, is so in the inimitable style of the dictatorial Schlessinger. Without assessing the facts in detail and making life decisions for you based on four-five minute phone conversations does indeed puzzle the mind as to how weak people are in this day and age. I'm glad you take comfort in the book, because it's clear to me that you're in a right wing utopia oblivious of the real world, like Laura.

To the Reader in Seattle: Nice try, but just try calling Schlessinger and ask her how she has learned from her miscreant and foul past(Euphemize that any way you like and get a stopwatch to see how fast the screener will hang up on you). You dont' get it! She doesn't do anything wrong - she never has! She never fesses up to her callers by saying "Well, I did this... and look what happened", she will dish out her advice as if nothing DID happen! I'm curious to know whether her megalomania finally blocked these events from her memory! Anyway, there you have it. Thank you.

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Summary: ...And now for something completely relevant!
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Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives is a summary ofself-defeating behaviors women use to hide their lack of self-esteemand fear of following their dreams. By using real-life examples fromher professional practice and her nartionally syndicated radio show,Dr. Laura explains the thinking (or lack of thought) behind poordecisions that have a harmful impact on women, their families, andtheir friends. These poor decisions are usually the easy out, andoften compromise a person's integrity or plans for thefuture. Dr. Laura effectively demonstrates how withstanding momentarydiscomforts lead to a positive self-image and utlimately fulfillinglife.

I read this book about a year ago (not voluntarily at first,my parents made me) and I am glad I did. Learning from the mistakes ofothers is always better than repeating them yourself. I don't give awhit what mistakes Dr. Laura has made, because it's irrelevant to themerit of her message. Everything she says in her book is true; I havepersonally witnessed many relationships gone awry due to the behaviorsDr. Laura lists in her book. So if you want to be a happier, strongerperson, this book can point you in the right direction. But only ifyou are willing to *honestly* reassess your own thoughts and actionswithout being a spineless jellyfish.

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Summary: My girl friend dumped me for this?????
Review: I find it apalling that any self-respecting woman could read this book and then have the audacity to call it "empowering" or "brilliant". I had a good idea of the book's content even before I read it. This idea was due soley to the fact that my girlfriend of 2 years suddenly ended the relationship, claiming that she had read a book that gave her a knew perspective. I had no idea that the perspective she spoke of was one so cold, heartless, and radical. Some might say that maybe I'm just one of those abusive thugs in Dr. Laura's book, and I probably deserived whatever heartbreak I recieved. I can assure you with every ounce of moral fiber in my being that I would never be abusive to any woman, for any reason, especially one I felt so strongly for. My advice to all those who wish to read this book, is to stay far from it, if you have any feelings for your significant other at all, stay far far away from it.

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Summary: IDEALISTIC DOODOO....
Review: This should get 0 stars. This book was incredibly irritating and devoid of realistic implications. She reminds me of the nuns I suffered through in Catholic grade school. Except they were nicer. This kind of junk appeals to the bimbos who lap it up and then continue to act stupid.