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Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:45 pm
by Tsakali_
did anyone read this book?
I just read some quotes from it and to me it sounds like the most sexist and stereotipical piece crap I've ever heard.
not to mention that the authors throw in a little religious literature to explain some of their standpoints , and it completely destroys this book's credibility if there was any ounce of it left.
edit:
here is a link to some quotations from the book
http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/men-mars.html
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:52 pm
by Geebs
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:53 pm
by Tsakali_
can you use more than one brain cell for your next reply?
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:57 pm
by Geebs
Great critique of a 15 year old self help book written for morons.
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:01 pm
by Tsakali_
so you agree with me...
this is my first encounter with this book, I was adviced to look into it, from someone which I now understand to be more clueless than me on the subject...so treat me as noob material and humor my interest in the subject
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:25 pm
by plained
maybe read it many time to be sure ey
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:42 am
by iambowelfish
Don't be surprised to find it's bullshit.
The author styles himself as Dr. John Gray but his doctorate is the worthless, churned out of a no-standards "diploma mill" which has since been shut down. He claims to be a psychology expert but doesn't even have a real degree.
All this information is widely available on the internet and ought to ruin him, but for some reason hasn't.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:24 am
by Ryoki
What's brilliant is the title of the book, it's become almost an expression... everyone's heard of it.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:26 am
by Captain
Men are from Uranus :icon32:
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:02 pm
by seremtan
"this is a public announcement. the obvious joke has just arrived at platform one"
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:40 pm
by Captain
Thanks for the warm welcome
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 3:56 pm
by seremtan
"the obvious joke is now departing; stopping at: unfunny, stale, old, and terminating at wanked-out. thank you"
im pulling this out of context
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 5:56 pm
by Grandpa Stu
reading through that and this one caught my eye.
But women tend to enjoy the process. Not that reaching a goal isn't important, but we like getting there too. That's why driving vacations are so very different for men and women; the guys want to get to their destinations and beat their best time with the fewest stops, and we sort of treasure the time to talk and look and maybe stop at the outlet malls along the way!
i dont exactly agree about the gender issues in this excerpt but one thing i can say is how much i fucking hate people that dawdle, beat around the bush, or feel the need to give a long winded explination of things. get to the fucking point. and i know this isnt a gender biased opinion as i find that a lot of my female friends have the same exact mindset.
