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Summary: Close but not quite..
Review: Interesting book. Unfortunately it really plays on stereotypes. It does have a few valuable things to say though.
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Summary: Close but not quite..
Review: Interesting book. Unfortunately it really plays on stereotypes. It does have a few valuable things to say though.
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Summary: Meliss Lamastus
Review: Mars and Venus teaches woman and men how to communicate to each other. It shows woman how to get what they need and men how to fullfill the needs of thier wives. I would recommend this book to someone that is married or thinking about getting married.
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Summary: Grrr!
Review: Mars and Venus Together Forever is one of the most ridiculous, stupid books that I have ever had the gross misfortune to read. I probably should have expected what I got, considering that Mars and Venus on a Date left me cold, but I read this one anyway because the original Mars and Venus book had SOME interesting insights and I'm a sucker for a cheap book.
Anyone who buys into the stereotypes promoted by John Gray must be barmy. He exaggerates, overemphasises and blusters his way through the 200+ pages - probably with the best motives in his mind - but in the end the stuff he writes is uninspiring and insipid. According to him men and women are still ruled by `ancient' traditions which dictate that women are all do-gooder types who only desire to stay at home, chatting with other women and looking at flowers whilst men are all aggressive cavemen, grunting their way through their lives with zero finesse, a beer in one hand and the TV remote in the other.
I don't see how anyone, man or woman, could read this book without being annoyed. For women, the book is terribly unempowering. If you don't fit in with any of Gray's ideas about what a woman should be then you are labelled as masculine. I don't want to read a book which tells me that when I am at work I am moving towards my masculine side because being goal-oriented, competitive and efficient are male traits. It's all phooey! For men, the book is also offensive. John Gray says that men shouldn't express their feelings because it will cause a woman to lose her attraction for him. No, I don't believe that men and women are the same in all respects - there are gender differences - but in Mars and Venus these are distorted.
Overall this book is not worth your time. Underneath the waffle there may be some good points, but all of these are outweighed by the stereotypes.
JoAnne
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Summary: Another Wonderful Mars/Venus Book
Review: Mars/Venus was wonderful enough. I never thought that any other book could be just as great, but this one is! It deals with the specific problems of couples, and it's a wonderful addition if you've already read Mars/Venus.Kudos again to John Gray!
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Summary: Zero stars, actually
Review: Men and women are from the same planet, and their similarities are far more compelling than their differences. John Gray's books are errant pop-culture nonsense.
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Summary: Great book for Men and Women
Review: My wife and I have had our problems off and on for the past 14 years. It seemed we had problems we would never be able to solve. We both tried very hard but we didn't make much headway. I remember how much I was doing for my wife, thinking that is what would make her happy. I bought this book and read it first. I tried the suggestions and they worked. It sounds terrible but I have been able to decrease the amount of time I spend trying to make her happy. This because I can focus on her three or four specific needs as a woman. The other side of the story, I now know what my needs are. She can focus on the three or four key needs I have so she can use her energies most effectively. For example when I have a problem, I need time to work it out in my mind. I need my time alone to do that. In the past, my wife would want to spend more time with me to talk about it. I didn't know why that irritated me so but it did. Now I understand why after reading John Gray's book. Often we do for our partner what we would want done for us. What is most interesting is, what we want done for us exacerbates the problems when they are done for our partner as in the above example. Despite what some may say, men and women are different. I have four children, two of each gender. We have tried not to force our boys or girls to play with one toy or an other but the boys both gravitated to cars and the girls to Dolls. We even bought dolls for our oldest boy because he wanted what his older sister had. He later abandoned the doll and went for the trunks and cars. We are different, and how beautiful the difference. Learn what those differences are so you can develop the love you have rather than work on the problems you are having.
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Summary: Great book for Men and Women
Review: My wife and I have had our problems off and on for the past 14 years. It seemed we had problems we would never be able to solve. We both tried very hard but we didn't make much headway. I remember how much I was doing for my wife, thinking that is what would make her happy. I bought this book and read it first. I tried the suggestions and they worked. It sounds terrible but I have been able to decrease the amount of time I spend trying to make her happy. This because I can focus on her three or four specific needs as a woman. The other side of the story, I now know what my needs are. She can focus on the three or four key needs I have so she can use her energies most effectively. For example when I have a problem, I need time to work it out in my mind. I need my time alone to do that. In the past, my wife would want to spend more time with me to talk about it. I didn't know why that irritated me so but it did. Now I understand why after reading John Gray's book. Often we do for our partner what we would want done for us. What is most interesting is, what we want done for us exacerbates the problems when they are done for our partner as in the above example. Despite what some may say, men and women are different. I have four children, two of each gender. We have tried not to force our boys or girls to play with one toy or an other but the boys both gravitated to cars and the girls to Dolls. We even bought dolls for our oldest boy because he wanted what his older sister had. He later abandoned the doll and went for the trunks and cars. We are different, and how beautiful the difference. Learn what those differences are so you can develop the love you have rather than work on the problems you are having.
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Summary: 0-stars needed part of media based gender war non-sense
Review: There has been a growing fad in recent years to write books telling us of the "differences" between men and women,a sort of battle of the sexes of the books,and John Gray is one of the many taking part in a polarization of the sexes. I sometimes wonder how many writers have dared to write opposing views only to find that it takes more for them to get their works published because of the monitary advantage these no-brainer books have for the publishers in general,though not all. John Gray is part of a fad,and a dangerous fad indeed which only leaves the genders light years apart and at battle,never leaving us with a viable explaination of how we got in this mess in the first place,socialization and cultural limitations on the genders.It only presents us with narrow and pre-destined views of behavior and leaves us swimming in a soup of ignorance.Very dangerous books and extremely dangerous and damaging author. John Gray is an author of chaos and confusion,and I bet he's laughing all the way to the bank knowing that.
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Summary: Mars And Venus Together Forever. A MUST READ book.
Review: This information is excellent in helping couples understand that things we say can be taken one way by our partner when we really mean something else. I think it will help a lot of people out there who unintentionally may be hurting a relationship while trying to communicate.
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