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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Adler, Bill, 1957- Boys and their toys. New York : AMACOM, ©2007 (OCoLC)654169180 |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Bill Adler, Jr. |
ISBN: | 081447344X 9780814473443 |
OCLC Number: | 70775628 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Description: | xi, 164 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Introduction -- How to pick (or adapt to) your man based on what kind of toy he wants -- Toys lure in women, just like good worms lure in fish -- Toys prevent boredom and thus prevent insanity (on the part of everyone that bored guys come into contact with) -- Men need to be spontaneous, and toys offer a safe way to maintain their youthful spontaneity -- Gadgets prevent infidelity -- Men hate ambiguity -- Protector toys: how guys expose their nurturing side through technology, even if they don't know it -- Toys help relieve stress in men -- they really do -- The whole midlife crisis thing and gadgets -- Girls and their curls: women like stuff, too, and what this means for men -- The dark side: men use gadgets to fend off meaningful conversations and emotional entanglements -- For some men, gadgets are a substitute for watching sports 24/7: there really is no such thing as a non-gadget guy (and you should be so lucky to be married to this kind of man) -- The meaning of BlackBerry -- The Wile E. Coyote phenomenon: why are men undeterred by gadget failure? -- Postscript. |
Responsibility: | Bill Adler, Jr. |
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Abstract:
Explains how men use toys to assert their independence and freedom, relieve stress, connect to their lost childhood, and even express their nurturing side. This book reveals how women can: learn how a man's interest in particular "toys" can be used to predict his behavior; know when a guy's passion for gadgets crosses the line into obsession.
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