Boys and their toys understanding men by understanding their relationship with gadgets /
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
AMACOM,
c2007.
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of 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.