Book Review: Women Are From Venus

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Book review – Men are from Mars, women are from Venus
Introduction

“Men are from mars, women are from Venus” is a user’s guide for married couples to understand each other better, and transform their differences to complement each other to enjoy their long journey together as man and wife. John Gray, the author of the book views men and women as having inherently dissimilar values and views about life. In marriage people often expect the opposite sex to be more like themselves. Each desires the other to want the same thing and feel the same way. For example, the husband takes for granted that the wife would behave in a particular way to express her love – the way he behaves when he loves someone. Both men and women, like their body features, …show more content…

Their common message when women lose them running after their goal is “I am not ignoring you by concentrating much on my goals; in fact I am trying to provide you the best by reaching my goal.” Men do not adventure deep into the minds of their spouses as they adventure in their own territories alone. Dr Laura records in her book. “Most husbands are poor mind-readers, and are not as intuitive as their wives, which wives wrongly interpret as lack of love for them,” says Dr Laura. Gray also charges men for their lack of interest in bringing romance into their marriage since they show much inclination toward workplace than family.
Gray, through his book, advises his target audience, couples in marriage relationships to follow little things to make a huge difference in their lives. He reminds that every woman has a love tank in her heart like a gas tank on car, which needs to be filled again and again by doing little things. He suggests husbands to follow 101 different ways to fill the wives love tank. He also promptly advises women to appreciate and acknowledge the little things men do to …show more content…

The partners in marriage need to remember that misunderstandings are common between them because of their inherent nature. Hence, it is the responsibility of both the husband and wife to interpret what the other partner means before responding. This comes by practicing listening and knowing each other’s emotional needs. Gray’s suggestion to men is to change their thinking that ‘listening is doing everything’ to make women happy against their popular belief that listening is similar to ‘doing nothing’ for them. To women Gray suggests ‘trust him’ rather than ‘micro manage

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