"Guys Are Schmucks!" Has the Answers From Men Directly
A book on what men are all about; for once they are telling their side of the story, simple, easy to understand and it's all true!
NASHVILLE (PRWEB) January 31, 2006
First there was the smash TV show Sex and The City. That classic show’s run has ended, so make way for Dr. Laura d’Angelo’s brand-new “Guys Are Schmucks!”: A Woman’s Guide to Surviving. . . & Enjoying Men (Cold Tree Press, $12.95), a little giant of a book in which the men themselves divulge “the schmucky side of their lives,” and thus give women for the first time a primer on how to understand, cope with, and enjoy men – even if they’re schmucks.
Dr. d’Angelo studied at Barnard College and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine before serving on the faculty of both the Oregon Health Sciences University and Vanderbilt University. She wrote “Guys Are Schmucks!” with Bob Richardson, a fellow Nashvillian who is a former screenwriter at Paramount Studios and head of TV Production for the Leo Burnett Agency.
“Laura, all guys are schmucks. If you learn to accept that, you’ll do fine.” That was the surprising advice a male colleague gave Dr. Laura when she was recently divorced after 20 years of marriage and, at age 47, began dating again. The concept triggered her analytical side, so Dr. Laura interviewed 28 men ranging from ages 17 to 85 to see if it was true. As she reveals in this 76-page book, the guys she interviewed agreed that most men are indeed schmucks, which Webster’s defines as “a foolish or contemptible person.”
She begins with boys’ childhoods, in which she states that “breaking rules and pushing limits are `highs’ for a guy.” As teens, Dr. Laura writes that men learn that “the very behaviors that horrify women are the very same behaviors that define masculinity to a guy.” When they begin dating, men learn that “the fun was in the challenge, and the challenge was in the hunt,” and “to stay in control, men lie.” In marriage, one man told her to “love us for who we are, and do not perceive us for who you want us to be.” The book discusses infidelity, male bonding, and sex. “All men like sex,” she was told, “because it’s no effort.” A 54-year-old man said, “Pleasing the female is not part of a boy’s training.” The book concludes with three chapters of real-world advice for women.
Dr. Al Lewy said, “you will be constantly entertained by this collection of men’s hidden sexual and romantic encounters.” Writer Katie Sulkowski said, “ladies, this book is not for the faint of heart. It’s a pig-headed, honest picture of what makes men tick.”
“Guys Are Schmucks!" gives men a voice to be heard in their words, and it’s time that women listen! For more information about “Guys Are Schmucks!”go to guysareschmucks. com or Danker Pr. com for personal interviews contact Deborah C. Danker 615-320-7453
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