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Summary: response to Matt Atkinson..is this book useful for teens?
Review: I'm a mental health therapist who works with teens, and a lot of teen girls are in relationships with abusive boyfriends. Since this book is 266 pages, I'm leery of acquiring it for them. But if it's a great book, I'll give it a shot.Those of you who've read it, please review it for me from a teen perspective: Would it be dull or over their heads? Is the writing simple? Keep in mind that teens have WIDE ranges of reading abilities...would it be interesting to them?
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Summary: Review requested: Would this a good book for teens?
Review: I'm a mental health therapist who works with teens, and a lot of teen girls are in relationships with abusive boyfriends. Since this book is 266 pages, I'm leery of acquiring it for them. But if it's a great book, I'll give it a shot. Those of you who've read it, please review it for me from a teen perspective: Would it be dull or over their heads? Is the writing simple? Keep in mind that teens have WIDE ranges of reading abilities...would it be interesting to them?
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Summary: More Essential Fare For The Intelligent Woman
Review: Thank you Pamela Jayne, for including your chapter about psychopaths in your book; more authors need to do this, rather than trying to vapidly explain why certain men are just more "difficult" than others.
According to Pamela Jayne, every three out of ten men is psychopathic. I agree with her. It may even be MORE than that.
You must read this book to differentiate the slightly less "harmful types" from the psychopaths.
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Summary: More Essential Fare For The Intelligent Woman
Review: Thank you thank you Pamela Jayne for your insight into the world of Psychopathy. I thank you for including your chapter about psychopaths in your book; more authors need to do this, rather than try explaining why certain men are just more "difficult" than others (load of bullcrap). According to Pamela Jayne, every three out of ten men is psychopathic. I agree with her. It may even be MORE than that. You must read this book to differentiate the slightly less "harmful types" (yeah geesh right!?) from the psychopaths. For those interested, check out my own website (see my profile for the address).
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Summary: Recognizing the Call For Justice and Help for both sexes
Review: The books on this topic can be little else than the plea of women (and to a greater extent, but less realized), of men and of children to society to finally break the indignities that are traditionally encouraged in our male dominated society - which suffers none of the consequences and all of the benefits - of having men in control (however that occurs and is justified to themselves). This book seems to lay open the underlying flaws of such a premise to reach the short changing of men in society's continuing refusal to recognize its part in creating the situations which fall so often often women and children who are the personal victims. Far too much promotion of men using such control mechanisms are marketed to men (and to women) as normal, acceptable and "natural" to men, so that they never have to confront the effects of their conduct. Except for the physical abuse shown, the verbal and emotional abuse are common methods sanctioned by society for men to resolve their conflicts in many different situations, and such conditioning gives rise to abusive situations, but mostly in private. Occasionally, they are used in public as men band together to ridicule or criticize another, for example. In most cases, men are robbed of their tenderness, their ability to feel, and their capacity to love. Women and children have been sacrificed for society's success and prosperity upon which these "control mechanisms" rely, are used in business, and used more personally, and intensely, in the home which destroys their heroism in the eyes of their family members, and makes enemies of potential friends and lovers. There is no legislation because these are not legislative issues. But they are issues that impact enforcement rooted in remedies when damage occurs. To a great extent they are inherited problems. I found a relative from 1370 who kept all of his wives in a castle tower, for example. Developing countries often use their women and children as slave workers, for another example. I am delighted to see that some issues like the pretense of pompous righteousness, insincere apologies, and explosive "power plays" have been examined and placed in context since they are often the most common methods of rational excuse for abusive behavior, and often form the underlying foundation for the more subtle ones. It also helps to understand how abuse of weaker members of society is viewed as acceptable and even desirable by men in their "competitive" need to control situations and circumstances. I attribute this to the lack of flexibility society has for allowing men to fear, to feel, and to think differently than other men, i.e., to be the individuals they are without having to be defensive or control every situation. There is as much need for education of most men and women as there ever has been. A society which encourages men to defend themselves as such needs more help than the men and women themselves who fall victim to its flaws.
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Summary: Right on
Review: This book is terrific. It's so easy to read and sometimes even funny. It's everything you will ever want to know about controlling men. Very highly recommend.
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