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Originally posted by devdog69
Sorry, I can't help it, I have to know. How in the world did you have time to read this book, I thought you were reading a book about rocks that had about 7000 pages? You must read alot!
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I do read a lot. The rocks book has ONLY 750 pages not 7000, and I read this Wonder of Boys book (and its sequel The Wonder of Girls) before I found the rocks book. The rocks book is going along in (oh, dear, this is a very bad pun...) small chunks (I warned you!) with other books in between. Which have been chick-type books like Bridget Jones Diary which is much better than the movie, and The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant, which is an amazing book for many reasons, and very, very "chick". When I need something frothy after a long day, I revert back to Jane Austen, right now I'm working on Persuasion again.
Kelvin, your opinion is very interesting, that male/female differences of behavior and attitude are learned. Gurian wrote this book exactly becuase this is the prevailing attitude in America today, and he thinks that it's hurting us as a nation. I would encourange you to read his book, if you have children, and just see what you think. I don't agree with everything he says, but the biology is sound, and his observations of trends and overall patterns have been holding up for me over the last few months. He doesn't acknowledge enough the individual differences, and he doesn't talk about how to deal with them, which I see as a major deficit of the book, but for what he is examining, he has a lot of worthwhile things to say.