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What Husbands Really Think About Their Marriages, Their Wives, Sex, Housework, and Commitment
Simon and Schuster
January 2006
272 pages ISBN: 074325872X Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
In their own words, married men reveal what they really
think about marriage, sex, housework, commitment, and
intimacy. Much
has been written about what women want from their
relationships and
marriages. But what men want has remained a mystery --
until now. In
his groundbreaking new book, VoiceMale, author and
journalist Neil
Chethik reveals surprising truths about married men and
challenges many
of the myths about men that prevent couples from creating
strong and
lasting relationships. Based on a landmark
survey of American husbands across the country,
VoiceMale reveals that most men are not commitment-phobic, that they
don't have
sex on their minds all the time, and that they are willing
to talk
frankly about their relationships -- just not in the same
way women do.
Men have complex inner lives, just like women. But they
have a unique,
masculine style of loving that focuses more on doing than
talking, on
sharing space rather than sharing feelings, and on side-by-
side
closeness rather than face-to-face
intimacy. In VoiceMale,
Chethik weaves together real-life stories and survey
results to create
a unique portrait of the American husband. Men share their
thoughts on
the myriad issues that married couples face: commitment,
money,
careers, children, in-laws, and more. They openly discuss
the character
traits they seek in a woman when they're looking to marry.
And they
speak honestly about their struggles adjusting to marriage,
raising
children, balancing work and family, keeping marital sex
exciting, and
avoiding infidelity. Chethik spent two years
traveling
across the country, talking with men of different ages,
religions, and
ethnic backgrounds, in urban centers and rural towns. His
interviewees
had been married for anywhere from a few weeks to as long as
seventy-two years. He notes the enormous changes in
American marriage
since the 1960s and explores how men have tried to adjust
to them --
sometimes successfully, often not. Full of
surprising
revelations and the strong feelings that men have about
their lives --
and about the women who share those lives with them --
VoiceMale
demonstrates that despite their many differences, most
husbands and
wives ultimately want the same thing: a trusted fellow
traveler in
their journey through life.
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