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Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus

John Gray

  • 321 pages ยท about 5 hours
  • First published 1992
  • 78 editions
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1 About this book

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, published in 1992, is a relationship guide by the American counselor John Gray. Its central metaphor is that men and women come from different planets, each with its own customs, and that most trouble between couples starts when they forget this and expect the other to think and react as they do. Gray describes what he sees as typical differences in how men and women communicate, respond to stress, show love and ask for support, such as men offering solutions when women want to be heard, and he gives each side advice on how to respond.

  • Family relationships
  • Marriage
  • Relationships
  • Sex differences
  • Psychology
  • Psychology & psychiatry
  • Communication
  • Interpersonal communication

2 What to expect

A relationship guide built on one metaphor: men and women come from different planets and speak different emotional languages. Gray describes how each tends to handle stress, talk about problems and ask for support, and gives lists and sample phrases for avoiding arguments. It is simple and repetitive by design, written for heterosexual couples, and its picture of fixed differences between the sexes is a broad generalization, often criticized as stereotype.

Good for readers who want: relationship advice, communication between partners, and an easy self-help read.

3 About John Gray

Born 1951

John Gray (born December 28, 1951) is an American relationship counselor, lecturer, and author. In 1969, he began a nine-year association with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi before beginning his career as an author and personal relationship counselor. In 1992 he published the book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, which became a long-term best seller and formed the central theme of his subsequent books and career activities.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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