Men, Love & Sex: A Complete User's Guide for Women [Paperback]

David Zinczenko (Author), Ted Spiker (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1594867364 | ISBN-13: 978-1594867361 | Publication Date: September 4, 2007

In this funny and fascinating guide for women, thousands of men confess what turns them on, what turns them off, and what turns "for now" into "forever."

 

With shocking and never-before seen statistics and powerful confessions, Men's Health editor-in-chief David Zinczenko presents a funny and fascinating guide for women into the inner workings of the male mind. Here, in Men, Love & Sex, the most perplexing questions that women have about guys and relationships are finally answered. Men give their frank and honest thoughts to such questions as:

 

-How will you know when he's in love?

-What's really wrong when he says "nothing"?

-How can you get him to kiss you more (and longer)?

-How badly did his ex mess him up?

-How can you get him to open up?

-What does he crave in the bedroom more than anything else?
-What drives him to end a relationship?

-What are the best ways to keep him from cheating?
-Why does he always miss the toilet?

 

Men's brains, feelings, and actions can be harder to interpret than abstract art. So let Men, Love & Sex become your guide to navigating a relationship through all of its stages. Once you know the secrets to the male mind, you'll be able to bridge the communication gaps that divide men and women. You'll be able to strengthen the relationship you have now--or use your new insights to find the perfect man for you. In the end, you'll get better talks, better sex, better fighting, better understanding, better love, better relationships, and a better life.

 

For the both of you.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This must-have, very candid guide tells women exactly what's going through a guy's head when he's in love, lust, or somewhere in-between." - the Editors of Cosmopolitan"

About the Author

DAVID ZINCZENKO, editor-in-chief of Men's Health, has written op-ed pieces for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today, and has made many guest appearances on Good Morning America, the Today show, and CNN, often talking about relationships. He divides his time between Allentown, Pennsylvania, and New York City.

TED SPIKER, an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Florida, is a contributing editor to Men's Health. He lives in Gainesville, Florida.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Books (September 4, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1594867364
• ISBN-13: 978-1594867361
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #794,637 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

DAVID ZINCZENKO, SVP/Editor-in-Chief of Men's Health magazine and Editorial Director of Women's Health magazine, is the author of New York Times bestsellers The Abs Diet and The Abs Diet for Women. Once an overweight child, Zinczenko has become one of the nation's leading experts on health and fitness. He is a regular contributor to the Today show and has appeared on Oprah, Good Morning America, Primetime Live, 20/20, The Rachael Ray Show, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

47 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally, someone who gets it!, September 12, 2006

By 

Jon H. "JH" (Connecticut) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Men, Love & Sex: The Complete User's Guide for Women (Hardcover)

At long last, someone that has put some common sense into the communication gap between men and women. If only I had been armed with this information years ago.

I've grown tired of all of these so called "experts" that take the liberty of telling me what I need to do or what's "wrong with me." I'm tired of these experts speaking to me like I'm in remedial relationships 101.

I am not sure why I decided to take a chance on this book, but I am glad that I did. Mr. Zinczenko has finally given me the information that I WANT to hear - What the heck is going on in a man's head! And not the author's head, for once there is a book that has some valuable research as its subject matter. He doesn't praddle on about his own beliefs, concerns or mistakes. He gives us information straight from the horses mouth (interviews with thousands of men)and lays it out in a simple, smart and entertaining book. I absolutely love the fun informational asides like "What it means when" and "Say this, not that."

Do I think this book will solve my relationship problems? I'm not sure. I will say this much. I'm much more well informed than I was before and this book has certainly given me some persepctive into what it takes to have meaningful communication with the opposite sex.

I recommend this book to anyone that is fed up with men telling us how we should feel or think. Finally, a man willing to tell us how THEY feel and think. Now that's information I can use.

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Another Cute Young Single Guy Tells Girls How to Date, July 17, 2007

By 

Eve Galewitz (Connecticut, USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Men, Love & Sex: The Complete User's Guide for Women (Hardcover)

Dating/Relationship Guides like Weight Loss/Dieting Guides all claim to have a great secret to impart to you...and we always fall for it. There is no secret to maintaining a healthy trim figure: eat moderately, exercise and drink water; same goes for dating guides for women. All guides will say the same thing, especially if they are written by male models whose dating pool includes every human being in the universe; look great (i.e. sexy), keep the conversation light, make him dance to your rules and reward him when he does and punish him when he doesn't, don't make it easy for him, men want to hunt...let them, never nag, make him feel like "the man", all while remaining serenely independent and ready to move on at the drop of the hat.

Fun to read, but hardly revelatory; these are the same guidelines Mom and Grandma lived by back in the 1950's. Nevertheless, there are some tried and true methods that are probably worth keeping in mind when you venture out with a new man.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not all the hype, October 2, 2006

By 

Crystal (United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Men, Love & Sex: The Complete User's Guide for Women (Hardcover)

I picked up the book after reading a review of it in O Magazine (Oprah Winfrey's publication). The book is an easy read, but the content doesn't explicity follow the chapter titles, ie. How to make a man fall in love, etc. Maybe I'm a bit too rigid, but when the book says that there are three things you can do to make man think of you as the one, and doesn't follow it with a list of three things, I feel a little letdown.

The book did, however, help hammer in some truths that I'm in denial about as a woman. The chapter on "it's not you, it's me" is 100% true. Don't let anyone convince you otherwise...and don't let your wildly optimistic side convince you otherwise, either. Even though the chapter parrots the entire premise of "He's Just Not That Into You," it never hurts hearing the cold, hard truth again.