The Man's Guide to Women: Scientifically Proven Secrets from the Love Lab about What Women Really Want

Results from world-renowned relationship expert John Gottman's famous Love Lab have proven an incredible truth: Men make or break relationships. Based on 40 years of research, The Man's Guide to Women unlocks the mystery of how to attract, satisfy, and succeed with a woman for a lifetime. For the first time ever, there is a science-based answer to the age-old question: What do women really want in a man?

Dr. Gottman, author of the New York Times bestseller The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, and his wife and collaborator, clinical psychologist Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD, have pored over the research along with bestselling coauthors Douglas Abrams and Rachel Carlton Abrams, MD. Together, they have written this definitive guide for men, providing answers on everything from how to approach a woman and build a connection with her to how to truly satisfy her in bed and know when the relationship is on the right track. The Man's Guide to Women is a must-have playbook for how to play--and win--the game of love.

ISBN-13: 9781623361846

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Harmony/Rodale

Publication Date: 02-02-2016

Pages: 224

Product Dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)

Julie Gottman, PhD, is the cofounder of The Gottman Institute and cofounder of Affective Software, Inc. A highly respected clinical psychologist, she is the author of the national bestseller Eight Dates and the New York Times bestseller The Love Prescription. She is sought internationally by media and organizations as an expert adviser on marriage, domestic violence, post-traumatic stress disorders, gay and lesbian adoption, and parenting issues. John Gottman, PhD, is world-renowned for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction. Dr. Gottman has conducted over fifty years of breakthrough research with thousands of couples. He is the cofounder of The Gottman Institute and Affective Software, Inc., as well as the author of over 200 published academic articles and author or coauthor of more than forty books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work and The Love Prescription and the national bestseller Eight Dates. Doug and Rachel Abrams, MD, are coauthors of The Multi-Orgasmic Man and The Multi-Orgasmic Couple. They live in Santa Cruz, CA.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Secrets from the Love Lab vii

Part 1 Understanding a Woman

Chapter 1 What Do Women Really Want? 3

Chapter 2 A Mind of Her Own 19

Part 2 Dating a Woman

Chapter 3 Read My Hips 35

Chapter 4 First Impressions 46

Part 3 Romancing a Woman

Chapter 5 Making Your Move 61

Chapter 6 Is She More Than a Hookup? 69

Part 4 Making Love to a Woman

Chapter 7 Image Is Everything 83

Chapter 8 Her Body Is a Wonderland 93

Chapter 9 Becoming Her Best Ever 103

Part 5 Living With a Woman

Chapter 10 Learn to Fight Like a Girl 127

Chapter 11 Why Does It Take So Long To Buy a Pair of Shoes? 141

Chapter 12 Best Friends Forever 149

Part 6 Loving a Woman for a Lifetime

Chapter 13 Is She the One? 161

Chapter 14 Mother Nature 174

Chapter 15 Staying Together 186

Acknowledgments 195

Endnotes 197

Index 202

About the Authors 209

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