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A review by readingnormal
The Male Factor: The Unwritten Rules, Misperceptions, and Secret Beliefs of Men in the Workplace by Shaunti Feldhahn
fast-paced
1.0
1. Part of it is my own fault for reading a decade old book and hoping to gain something relevant from it. In short, most of this has aged like milk
2. The author promises to deliver the secrets that men think that women would never know. The big secrets? Oh no don’twear a low cut top at work . Or, women couldn’t possibly know that men view any expression of internal thought as emotion when a woman does it, and then internally penalize them for being “emotional” . Oh, can’t forget the SUPER SECRET men want women to act like the narrow interpretation of women in society at all times .
3. Research isn’t faulty, but still is flawed. Like for example, she was trying to demonstrate that women’s low cut tops are “just too distracting” for a presentation. But they could have used many scenarios other than “low cut/not low cut”. Like why not try a bright neon color top with men? An obvious stain? Why not also find a sample population of gay men? It seems like this books surveys really put in the effort of a 101 level freshman in college.
You’ll learn nothing new. I promise you I gained nothing from this book. I wish I could hate it. But it’s not even hate-able. Just bland and blatantly obvious.
2. The author promises to deliver the secrets that men think that women would never know. The big secrets? Oh no don’t
3. Research isn’t faulty, but still is flawed. Like for example, she was trying to demonstrate that women’s low cut tops are “just too distracting” for a presentation. But they could have used many scenarios other than “low cut/not low cut”. Like why not try a bright neon color top with men? An obvious stain? Why not also find a sample population of gay men? It seems like this books surveys really put in the effort of a 101 level freshman in college.
You’ll learn nothing new. I promise you I gained nothing from this book. I wish I could hate it. But it’s not even hate-able. Just bland and blatantly obvious.