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Men: An Owner's Manual

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As a mere male I found this book incredibly funny. I was fully prepared to be totally turned off by yet another devastating attack on the male psyche delivered by just one more male-hating, in-your-face, banner-waving, card-holding member of some feminist brigade. Instead, I found that Stephanie writes with warmth and wit, scoring some direct hits about both sexes.

It's a book I've gladly given as a gift to two girlfriends and now, my wife.

I agree with some other reviews - this book is a veritable classic. Why is it out of print?

GREAT BOOK! Brought lots of laugh

If you are male or female and have ever had or plan to have a relationship with someone of the opposite sex, you have to read this book. If you haven't laughed at yourself or life for a while, you need to read this book.

This book is both in my opinion and those of my friends (including the one who borrowed my copy in 1987 and went to New Zealand with it) one of the funniest books ever written. From a woman's perspective it reviews the habits of men and makes appropriate comments.

"You see the problem, don't you? We cannot imagine a book entitled "Women: An Owner's Manual." Ridiculous. But men as Dogs? Cars? Slaves? Property, basically, and women as bourgeois capitalists? Moving right along: The problematic premise here is that they are all the same. This is not terribly useful taxonomically: One size fits all, so to speak. Stephanie is more proprietorial than scientific...Stephanie offers: "A comprehensive guide to having a man underfoot."...She does allow that there are huge generational differences between men, and between men of different cultures and nationalities, but her insights here are subordinate to her principal concern, that men are an alien race and in that respect, they are all the same, but not especially sapiens."

- Anthony Synnott, Ph.D.

It's all right there in the title. This is a horrible book that teaches women to dehumanize the men in their lives. Do not buy it, do not let anyone you consider to be a friend buy it.

I know Stephanie Brush personaly, and this book was written with her natural talent. I have read the book, and its always good as a gift, and great to share a laugh with a loved one... and its a great group conversation piece.

ideal book for men to present to their prospective/current/past female partners/friends...its funny, sharp, and almost all can find something to crack up about in this book...why is it out of print!!!???