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Men Fake Foreplay ... And Other Lies That Are True [Hardcover]

Mike Dugan (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)


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October 14, 2004
Expanding upon his solo comedy show-hailed by the San Francisco Bay Times as "a funny, incisive, one-man journey to enlightenment"- comedian Mike Dugan explores the obstacles to achieving romantic love and intimacy in our current culture of drive-by relationships and push-button porn. It's Man vs. his Sex Drive in a winner-take-all cage match

The title of the book answers the question, "Why do women fake orgasm?" But Mike Dugan asks us to consider that perhaps foreplay is much more than what a man does in the moments before intercourse. What begins as a simple attempt to "figure women out" quickly shifts into a humorous and insightful tour of a man's psyche as he considers the influences that shape a man's character.

In a book jammed with the kind of wry comic twists that have earned him an Emmy Award and appearances on the Tonight Show, Dugan takes an unflinching look at men's experiences with trust, responsibility, intimacy, commitment, masculinity, role models, shock jocks, cheating, street-corner sex education, and, especially, relationships with women. He reveals devastatingly accurate secrets about the male thought process that some men might be happier kept quiet-all punctuated with spot-on humor.

It's also quite likely you'll be taken by surprise more than once. Ultimately what Dugan discovers in this wise, witty, and thought-provoking book is that, "I didn't have to figure out women in order to be happy. It was never about finding the right woman. It was about becoming the right man."

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Based on Dugan's comedy performance of the same name, this quick little look at men's role in the battle of the sexes actually offers more than funny vignettes and witty one-liners. After admitting his emotional shortcomings ("I don't have a lot of relationship skills because all of my training is in casual sex") and his domestic failures ("I've done my laundry in shampoo"), Dugan takes on such issues as communication and commitment in a tone that is both friendly and frank ("I believe that owning a dick entitles me to nothing but a responsibility to govern it"). Going along his observational comedy way, he takes potshots at what he sees as the hypocrisies of Howard Stern and relationship guru John Gray and bemoans the fact that some teenage boys get their sexual education from pornography because "adult males have abdicated their responsibility to represent alternatives." A comic on stage and a moralist at heart, Dugan wants to help men "to somehow reconcile a naturally unwieldy sex drive with a sense of responsibility to those we love." The result is an enjoyable effort that harks back to the Golden Rule: "the measure of a man will be found in how he treats others."
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Now Mike Dugan has placed his philosophy between the covers of a book, Men
Fake Foreplay... And Other Lies that are True. The book expands and develops
his stage show in interesting and thought-provoking ways ... Men Fake
Foreplay isn’t a cynical, exploitative tome designed to make women feel
neurotic and vulnerable. Rather, it celebrates “la difference” and gives us
all hope that maybe one day we’ll be able to behave a little better towards
the opposite sex. I wish I’d read it when I was 16. - Mayfair News, London October 27, 2004

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 118 pages
  • Publisher: Rodale Books (October 14, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1594860742
  • ISBN-13: 978-1594860744
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,355,164 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A BLUEPRINT FOR TREATING PEOPLE RIGHT, May 15, 2005
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Lydia (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Men Fake Foreplay ... And Other Lies That Are True (Hardcover)
The problem with 99% of all relationship advice books is that they are written for women because women read them and women buy them. Most guys aren't buying books about how to have better relationships. Consequently, all the advice is some variation of what women need to change about themselves in order to land the right man and be happy.

Many of the Amazon Reader reviews of "He's Just Not That Into You" seemed to say, "Okay. We'll raise our expectations because we deserve better. THEN what? Where are the books asking men to change THEIR behavior? "

This is that book. Mike Dugan writes about all of the obstacles men face in trying to become decent men in a "boys will be boys" world. It's about men learning to be accountable for the results of their behavior. Dugan looks at the importance of treating women with respect - and he slams the absence of that attitude in popular culture.

The world isn't designed to help men do the right thing. The world is designed to help men do the easy thing. Unfortunately, the right thing and the easy thing are rarely the same thing. Dugan bucks the status quo and slams Howard Stern, Tom Leykis, and other "terminally adolescent" men who think it's cute and funny to diminish women to their sexual and physical attributes. This isn't some "men don't put the toilet seat down, and women get PMS" look at the difference between men and women.

This is a thought provoking and very funny book. For any woman who has ever wondered, "WHAT... is he thinking??" or any man with a sincere desire to better understand the forces that drive him, this is one of the funniest and best written books you'll find.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Maybe I'm not crazy!, December 22, 2004
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My husband insists that since most books of this nature are written by women, that he's just "misunderstood". I can't believe how relieved I was to read one written by a MAN, and a REAL man, that happens to agree with everything I've been trying to explain for years. I'm sure his book isn't popular with the male segment of society...he's ratted them out. But for those of us who were beginning to believe that we might actually be frigid, unemotional, and bordering on insane, this book was a welcome relief. I laughed out loud many times, and ended one chapter in tears. Way to go Mike Dugan, you just might be the only REAL man on earth!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Men Fake Foreplay, November 4, 2004
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I wish all men would read this book. It helped my relationship so much. In fact, I put it peacefully by my husband's nightstand and the next thing I know we were having a spirited dialogue about our relationship and yes, good sex. Thanks Mike Dugan. Good for you.
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