Intimate Strangers: Men and Women Together
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (758 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060911344 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Intimate Strangers is a book for every man and woman who has ever yearned for an intimate relationship and wondered why it seemed so elusive. Candid, compassionate, and insightful, Rubin's lucid examination should aid each of us in our struggle for greater personal and emotional satisfaction.. Drawing on years of research, writing, and counseling about marriage and the family, interviews with more than two hundred couples, and her own experiences, Lillian Rubin explains not just how the differences between women and men arise but how they affect such critical issues as intimacy, sexuality, dependency, work, and parenting
. Lillian B. Rubin resides on both coasts, spending part of each year in New York City and part in the San Francisco Bay area. Rubin is an internationally recognized author and social scientist She is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Queens College, C.U.N.Y., in New York and Senior Research Associate at the Institute for the Study of Social Change at the University of California, Berkeley Currently, Dr
No one else I know can match Lillian Rubin's ability to combine art and analysis in the presentation of human relations." -- Michael B. I wish I had a stack of them to hand out to all my friends ." -- Joe Cristofalo, San Francisco Chronicle. Katz, University of Pennsylvania"Once again, Lillian Rubin decodes human behavior better than anyone else, and she does it with a lively combination of intuitive skill, scholarship and the sound of women's and men's voices sharing their lives." -- Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Ms."The beauty of the book is in
Evelyn Palmer said Great Insight. I purchased this book for a Sociology of Gender class and absolutely loved it! Although these ideas aren't anything new, Rubin gives great insight into the relationships between men and women. Would definitely recommend.. High comedy, low insights Scott C. Locklin I remember a few years ago, this book had acheived some fame as a sort of frappucino version of "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus." I was never inclined to read such a thing, as my philosophy on the matter is that "women are from mars, pass the beer nuts." However, upon a slight perusal of the thing on a psychologist friend's bookshelf, I couldn't stop myself from reading the whole thing. In fact, I could not help laughing out loud every couple of pages; shucks I was positively roaring with laughter. I do not think I have ever laughed so hard at any book, te. Excellent insights for midlifers B.Friendly If you ever wondered why young women want to badly get married while young men don't, when as middle-aged women after divorce or widowhood prefer to stay single but their male counterparts want to remarry as quickly as possible, then you will get the answers here.As a female reader, Rubin's book made total sense at 37, but 10 years later, I understand her findings ever better: many women in midlife feel: who needs marriage? But men have grown quite comfortable in their hubby role . "Intimate Strangers" is not an advice book, it merely states the facts of Rubin's re