Reviews for What men want

The average rating for What men want based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-12-16 00:00:00 William Hickerson Sigh. Where do I begin? As you may have guessed from the title..this is a book about dating from the male perspective. It is written by the "professional men". (And they will tell you repeatedly through the book that they are, indeed, professional.) One is a lawyer, one an accountant and one a doctor. They want to tell you what the professional man wants..and clear up some misunderstandings between the genders. OK..Before I start on my soapbox rant here is what I did like: these guys are obviously well educated and smart. And some of their advice makes sense. No really! Examples: when a man says "I'll call you" it means nothing. Wow..I DIDN'T KNOW THAT! Sorry..fighting with my sarcastic side right now. But seriously, some of the advice is good, particularly in the beginning. They use many real world examples too which I appreciated. And supposedly this book was written because many of their female friends encouraged them to write it. So that's sweet. However..here is what I did not like. The generalizations. These guys..I mean it SEEMS..like they seem to think they speak for all men. And some of the advice is genuinely destructive. I found myself really turned off to parts of it. Because I do not want this review to be ten pages long, I will take one piece of advice and use it as an example. So these guys claim one of the things m en really really want is for their woman to be understanding and accepting if they feel like going to a strip club. In these men's view, it is exciting to have a naked stranger come up to you and dance..whether you are attached or single. Now I get that. I KNOW that. What disturbs me here is that women are supposed to accept this as the male norm. And there is another reason why women should accept this and no I am not making this up. Because if we do..men will come home from said strip club aroused so women will have assured themselves an incredible night of love making. So that's it ladies! To get OUR needs met, a topless bar is the answer! Now I am not, nor would I ever, insult strip clubs. I have had friends who did this type of work at one time. HOWEVER..I am loathe to even call this advice. And the fact that women maybe reading this and TAKING this advice is not good. So imagine this conversation: Man: "honey..Duke and Biff and Elliot and I are going to Hot girls topless bar tonight". "i'LL BE HOME VERY LATE". LADY- "OK dear BUT PROMISE ME IF YOU GO, YOU WILL MAKE LOVE TO ME LATER"." I'LL WAIT UP." As you can guess I am not a fan of this book or the advice offered in it. As for strip clubs..that is only one section. FYI..Everyone has their own ideas about what they should and should not do. If you are cool with your guy going to Hot Girls, fine. But don't do it because you think that a woman's role is to ACCEPT this..don't let it go if you don't want to. Plenty of other sections like this on different topics..do not even get me started on what they say about Granny underwear. Point is..I don't like this book and if you read it please take everything with a grain of salt. Off soapbox now !

Review # 2 was written on 2012-06-26 00:00:00 Dave Wilcox I hate, hate this book, but in fairness to the authors, the book still gets 5 stars. Why? Because this book has a ton of information that single women (and women in less-than-committed relationships) need to know. The authors paint an ugly portrait of your average yuppie single man, but for the most part these things are true. As a single woman in her late 20s who has been inexplicably brushed off by too many men, I purchased this book out of desperation: what the hell am I doing "wrong"? This book had a lot of answers, and it gets five stars from me because I feel more empowered to pussy-whip the next jerk I end up dating. Now I know that I need to babysit a man's ego; hold back my emotions and thoughts so I don't scare him off (mind you, I'm not talking about saying "I love you" or talking about marriage or kids...just regular communication); not get too attached and let him back out of the relationship on a moment's notice with no responsibility for hurting me; and hope that one day one of these pigs will like me enough to lock down our relationship for an eternity of misery. I'm being a little sarcastic, but I now know how unworthy men are of women's love. You want me to play the game? Fine. But I'm still holding out for a guy who breaks the hideous mold described in this book.