the rules. 1950's rubbish. (The Rules - Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider)

Member Name: pinkfluffywolf

Product:	The Rules - Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider
Date:	12/10/04 (536 review reads)
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Advantages: quite a funny read.

Disadvantages: completly unrealistic., very sexist.

Everyone has heard of the book, "the rules", and women all over the world swear by it. I thought i might read it, because God knows my love life needs some help.
The rules is supposed to be a helpful guide for women to learn how to act with men.
I just found it absolutly hysterical.
It amazes me that some women would actually listen to this throwback 1950's rubbish.
The rules include.
-Dont talk to a man first, and dont ask him to dance.
-dont stare at men or talk too much.
-dont meet him halfway, or go dutch on a date.
-dont call him, and rarely return his phone calls.
These are only a few of the "rules" but it gives an example of how ridiculous they are.
How on earth is a women supposed to meet a man if she cannot talk to him, look at him, call him, or answer his calls. Are we supposed to use telepathy?
The rules advocate the most bizarre example of playing hard to get that i have ever heard of.
There are some good points to the book, like the way it tells women to make the best of them selves, and to creat an attitude of self appreciation, but surely this is just common sense.
All in all, i found the book totally ludicrous and unhelpful. If i want to meet a man, I WILL talk to them, I WILL call them.

(The fact that I dont have a boyfriend has NOTHING to do with the rules.)

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