If Men Could Talk...

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PSYCHOLOGY / SELF-HELP
"A wonderfully insightful look into the hearts and minds of men. It offers women useful advice about how to bring out the best in men as well as tips for us guys about how to get a life emotionally. An excelient, memorable, useful book." —Edward Hallowell, M.D., author of Connect and Humán Moments
It's not that men don't talk, says Dr. Alon Gratch, it's just that they speak a different language. Drawing on the stories of his male patients and on his own experi-ences as a man—as a son, husband, father, therapist, and friend—Dr. Gratch brilliantly illuminates the reasons why men think and act the way they do.
He breaks down male psychology into seven factors—Shame (boys don't cry), Emotional Absence (I don't know what I feel), Masculine Insecurity (I'm tired of being on top), Self-Involvement (see me, hear me, touch me, feel me), Aggression (I'll show you who's boss), Self-Destructiveness (I'm such a loser), Sexual Acting-Out (I want sex now)—and provides... Tovább

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PSYCHOLOGY / SELF-HELP
"A wonderfully insightful look into the hearts and minds of men. It offers women useful advice about how to bring out the best in men as well as tips for us guys about how to get a life emotionally. An excelient, memorable, useful book." —Edward Hallowell, M.D., author of Connect and Humán Moments
It's not that men don't talk, says Dr. Alon Gratch, it's just that they speak a different language. Drawing on the stories of his male patients and on his own experi-ences as a man—as a son, husband, father, therapist, and friend—Dr. Gratch brilliantly illuminates the reasons why men think and act the way they do.
He breaks down male psychology into seven factors—Shame (boys don't cry), Emotional Absence (I don't know what I feel), Masculine Insecurity (I'm tired of being on top), Self-Involvement (see me, hear me, touch me, feel me), Aggression (I'll show you who's boss), Self-Destructiveness (I'm such a loser), Sexual Acting-Out (I want sex now)—and provides practical tools anyone can use to listen, to interpret, and to understand the inner world of men.
DECODING THE WAY SOMÉ MEN TALK ABOUT SEX
I have somé sexual anxieties. Translation: I can't get it up.
It's hard for me to get close to a woman. Translation: I can't get it up.
I had a horrible dream that I can't even talk about. Translation: I have sexual fantasies about men.
I lőve women. Translation: I'm a sex addict.
I may have a thing about getting old. Translation: I'm attracted only to sixteen-year-olds.
I don't know how to put sex and love together. Translation: I love rough sex.
I'm beginning to think I drink too much. Translation: I can't get it up.
Alon Gratch, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in priváté practice in New York. He has been on the faculty of Columbia University and has written for both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. For more information, visit www.IfMenCouldTalk.com. Vissza