The Bluffer's Guide to Men
By Antony Mason
 
Extracts from the book

 
Feelings
It is, of course, a cheap joke to suggest that the very idea of men's feelings is a contradiction in terms. Men do have feelings, and they are not just all over their body.
 
Sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex
A man knows he is in love when he finds himself thinking not just about sex every six minutes, but about sex every six minutes with the same woman.
 
The male heart
Men are suckers for approval. A nod and a smile go a long way to winning the male heart. They want to feel that women have noticed them and that women need them. Best of all would be if women admire them. They'd also like to feel that women trusted them, but that's probably hoping for too much.
 
When no means yes
It is a fatal error to box a man into a corner. But give him the opportunity to say no, and he is more likely to say yes.
 
Marilyn Monroe
Men run faster because they have a narrower pelvis, which means that when running they need to rotate it less fast than women in proportion to the distance covered. It also means that no man can walk like Marilyn Monroe.
 
Reviews

 
The antidote to idle gossip and Susan Faludi. Women will find Mason's book irresistible and captivating. Men will find it infuriatingly accurate. Great fun throughout. Written with great wit and style, this is a book to read aloud to houseguests. It makes a perfect wedding gift, particularly if one of the partners is male.
A reader from Arcata, USA
 
The Bluffer's Guides take subjects in a light-hearted vein and give enough information and jargon for the reader to hold his own among experts.
The Daily Express
 
Table of Contents
 

The Key to Understanding What Men Are About

Fundamental Differences
Brawn
Brain
Blame Testosterone

Growing Up
Boys Will Be Boys
Teenage Man
Middle-Age Man
Dirty Old Man

Sex

Feelings
Approval
Independence
Pride
Stubbornness
Socialising Skills
Conversation
Opinions
Buddies
Chauvinism
Commitment

Attitudes
to Women
to Beauty
to Love
to Fatherhood
to Feminism

Foibles
Wolf-whistling
Spitting
Flies
Leaving the Seat Up
Sulking
Jokes
Hobbies
Sheds
Tinkering with Cars

Practicalities
Men at Work
Working with Women
Domesticity
Shopping
Dress Sense
Shaving
Sport

Touchy Subjects
Giving up Seats
Seeking Advice
Height
Being Single
That Time of the Month
Castration
Circumcision
Shape
Snoring
Hypochondria
Grey Hair
No Hair

Things Men Do That Annoy Women

Women's Aphorisms About Men

Glossary

 
Author: Antony Mason
Format: 64 pages, pb
Published: 1/10/06
NEW EDITION
Price: £4.99
ISBN-10 & ISBN-13:
1-903096-95-2
978-1-903096-95-6
  
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