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Summary: How women can please and get pleased more often
Review: Although this book might make you feel voyueristic, it will leave you feeling fulfilled...and maybe startled. We all want to think that our man is so virtuous and "clean" that he isn't like the "rest of the men" who have outrageous and even vile desires. While many of us have fantasies we would be afraid to share with anyone. This is not an easy read but one that will open your mind.
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Summary: Very interesting. Shows how different men's fantasies are.
Review: As a person who has read her other books on women's fantasies, this book reveals men's fantasies and how they are different from women's
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Summary: Reader From PA
Review: As a woman whom has read this authors works on women's fantasies I picked this book up. This book does reveal the difference between men and women's fantasies. I highly recommend this book and it will leave you fulfilled, maybe a little shocked, but truly content. This is a wonderful transom to the sexual thoughts and fantasies of men. If you ever thought you, or someone you know had fantasies that are unlike anyone else's, get a copy of this book. You will find some chapters to describe some things you never thought of, and then again you will find some chapters to describe you completely. This isn't a real easy read, but it truly is a read that will open your mind!
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Summary: Truly Fascinating !
Review: As a woman whom has read this authors works on women's fantasies I picked this book up. This book does reveal the difference between men and women's fantasies. I highly recommend this book and it will leave you fulfilled, maybe a little shocked, but truly content. This is a wonderful transom to the sexual thoughts and fantasies of men. If you ever thought you, or someone you know had fantasies that are unlike anyone else's, get a copy of this book. You will find some chapters to describe some things you never thought of, and then again you will find some chapters to describe you completely. This isn't a real easy read, but it truly is a read that will open your mind!
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Summary: Men In Love
Review: Back in the early 80's I read this book as an assignment for my psychology class. I don't know if this is an updated version or if it's what I origionally read. At the time I was tremendouly overwhelmed by the raw sexuality and the frank assement the men gave. I found it exhilirating and very sexy. I can still remember one that stands out amongst all the others "Vernon". I believe that this is a book every woman should read. I have my stored away for my daughters to read.
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Summary: Somebody please get rid of Freud
Review: Being a man, these fantasies should appeal to me more than those in Friday's other erotic fantasy collections. And they do. But still, as a whole this book scores lower.The reason lies in Nancy's own comments. Where 'My Secret Garden' and 'Forbidden Flowers' look at the fantasies from the viewpoint of women's sexual emancipation, and look at the women's personal (sexual) histories to find the 'reasons' for the fantasies, 'Men in Love' goes into Freudianism to explain the fantasies. Not only do these explanations bore me to death, I also do not believe in them. Some of the comments are okay (for example her confession that she has problems with the SM-fantasies, and her reasons for nevertheless including them), but many I prefer to skip not only in reading, but also in re-reading and re-rereading the book. Still, even with this flaw this book gets 4 stars. Because, like the three books with women's fantasies, the book is highly titillating, erotic, even pornographic, but without becoming gross. If one wants literature to get one 'in the mood' sexually, Friday's books are the ones to go on. Unlike pornography, it does not tell stories - it's more descriptions of stories. And your own fantasy can then do the rest. Thus reading this book (or one of the others, 'My Seret Garden', 'Forbidden Flowers' or 'Women on Top') will enrich your sexual fantasy world rather than supplanting it.
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Summary: so good, so good
Review: I have owned this book for years, and I still read parts of it on occasion. "My Secret Garden" and "Forbidden Flowers" made me rethink the way I look at women's sexual fantasies, and "Men in Love" made me rethink all I knew about men. I love this book because it reveals men's deepest desires without holding anything back. It's definitely not a book for everyone, though, and there are some parts that are disturbing. But then again, all of us have parts of ourselves we are embarrassed of, and the only way to move forward is by acknowledging these parts of ourselves and finding ways to deal.
Another reason this book is fabulous is because of the way the chapters are broken down by subject. So you just pick a topic that seems interesting and go right to that chapter. (Hmmm...I feel like reading about bisexuals tonight) It's instant gratification.
I've been a huge Nancy Friday fan for years, and this is my favorite book by her, although "Forbidden Flowers" is a close second. It helps remind you love is complicated and can be expressed in some unusual ways.
And I also like the parts where Friday discusses the fantasies. I think it's intersting even if I don't always agree with her. She has some very Freudian interpretations of the fantasies, but without all of the sexism characteristic of Freud.
An awesome and important book. Even if you find it disgusting or disagree with Friday, you'll definitely learn something new about men.
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Summary: Fantasies to Fantasize about
Review: I only just picked up this book this year, and read it cover to cover. These men were wonderful, and made me feel an entire range of emotions. Nancy Friday covers everything, and I cant wait to read her other books. I'd love to contribute someday.
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Summary: Reader From PA
Review: I ordered this book, thinking it was something completely different than it was. I was stunned at some of the chapters. This would be a book that I had nothing in common with on any level. There are things in this book that a women would nor could relate too. I did not think this book had anything to do with the title, it was completely for someone who would be interested in very strange things if you know what I mean.
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Summary: An eye-opener!
Review: I read an earlier edition of this back in '89, and it helped me realize that my homosexual desires were normal. Nanvy Friday has a refreshing psychological perspective that treats homoerotic material with style. I have since come out of the closet and seen it all, but this was a good into to what was then a taboo.
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