I first learned about this book in a national newspaper. The article had several headings of men's behaviour and their expectations in what they are looking for in women. Zoe Strimpel, the author, also suggests that most men are easy to read, but when it comes to dating and love then it's a whole new phenomenon. She writes about what attracts men to a particular woman; what is about a particular woman that he would want to spend the rest of his life with. To me the book covered almost every aspect of a man's expectation, which to me seems to imply that we women are made to feel pressured to consciously behave or act in a certain manner in order to capture her ideal partner.
As Zoe states, it is the question women have been asking for years, and that is, What The Hell Is He Thinking? Does he like you? Is he using you? Are you a stop-gap? Does he see you as a friend/sister type? What intrigued me about Zoe was she spent a year interviewing many men of different walks of life in an effort to find what is deeply hidden from us, and she managed to bring to the surface the probable answers. She wants us to experience the males' intellect and psyche in order for us to understand why men behave the way they do when it comes to finding love and their life-long partner. And in order to do so I suggest this book is a must for those who are totally baffled by The One they assumed loved them, but turned out not to be the case.
The author asked her male interviewees certain types of questions that we, as women, would be too petrified to ask; such as "How can you be all over a woman one minute and indifferent to her the next?" "What excuse do you give a woman if you're just not that into her?" ...And many more. The honest answers and the consequences given by the various selections of her male interviewees are extremely informative and instructive; particularly to questions such as, "What do you think of someone who sleeps with you on the first date?" The response will make you think twice!!!
All I can say is that if you seriously want to support or capture the man of your desire then read and learn. The book may not be necessarily to everyone's taste, but it's a start for those who just want to learn what men are all about in the love game. It's a lesson we can definitely embrace... and teach our daughters!