Description
'Most young men fall in love where it flatters them and then marry out of other weak- nesses. A man marries because he's afraid if he doesn't, she'll cry (guilt). Because he doesn't want people thinking he's homosexual (bigotry). Because he is a homosexual (hypocrisy). Because he lacks the stamina to keep his own house (laziness). Because she makes him feel sexy and she says it's love (lust and gullibility). Because she's pregnant (despair). Because he wants heirs (hubris). Because he's afraid to be alone (cowardice). Because it's high time he showed everyone how grown up he is (immaturity). Because he's tired of playing games (futility). Because she wants it and he can always play around on the side (cynicism). Because it's only a piece of paper, and what difference can it make? (naรฏvety).
Over the past six years employed as an agony aunt' and with a keen lifelong interest in the confrontation of the sexes, Irma Kurtz is in an excellent position to set before us an examination of the roots and branches of Malespeak: why men say the things they do. and why women hear them say things they are not saying. This, she maintains, is a phenomenon to be expected between sexes that are opposite.
In her inimitable, zesty, gripping fashion, Irma Kurtz covers a lot of fascinating ground. She explains why being in love is unquestionably a form of temporary insan- ity, how advertising demeans men and the difference between the male and female approach to cooking. She investigates the vices and discusses why age is much more cruel to men than women. In illuminating the very differences between the sexes she somehow reveals how and why they keep coming back for more.
ISBN:9780224023429
