Reading as a way to understand how women think

[dustmetro]

Hello Book and reader forum,

I am looking for a romance book that will help me understand the thought process of a woman in her 20's in regards to what she is thinking and what she is looking for in an ideal mate. Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[sparkchaser]

Yes. Don't.






The romance novels won't tell you anything. You're better off looking some modern anthropology textbooks or studies.

 

[Fantasy Moon]

Romance novels are fantasy, even in regards to how the women think and look for the ideal mate.

 

[linlin]

You can read this book Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus or Women's Bottom Line. You can find them on Amazon.

 

[Litany]

Break into her house and steal her diary.

 

[chiangmaifalcon]

There is no way to understand how women think. Best thing I can tell you is to just agree with them.

 

[Litany]

Brain dissection is another way to go.

 

[LoeMa]

I think the only one you can learn to understand a bit better by reading a book is the author himself/herself and additionaly maybe the time in which he/she lived.

THE woman does not exist, there are many of us and we are all different.

Why not reading Simone de Beauvoir or Anais Nin?

 

[sparkchaser]

Watch Mel Gibson's What Women Want.

 

[Zolipara]

Just follow Melvin Udall's advice: "I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability."

 

[sparkchaser]

I think the only one you can learn to understand a bit better by reading a book is the author himself/herself and additionaly maybe the time in which he/she lived.

Good point.

OP, I suggest you ask the woman you are curious about to write a story about her ideal mate.

 

[Litany]

And of course there's always stalking.

 

[Eva]

Break into her house and steal her diary.

Or read her blog, her wall posts, etc. It's all about cyber-stalking now.

 

[dele]

Oh Litany I've missed you! You are too funny!


Honestly though Dustmetro... as a woman in her 20s, let me tell you that reading a romance to get an idea of how a woman like me thinks is a waste of time because I've never read one that I can identify with. The best way to get to know what a woman's thinking is to talk to her. Be confident, be kind and be yourself. That's what women want.

 

[anonymityK]

Oh Litany I've missed you! You are too funny!


Honestly though Dustmetro... as a woman in her 20s, let me tell you that reading a romance to get an idea of how a woman like me thinks is a waste of time because I've never read one that I can identify with. The best way to get to know what a woman's thinking is to talk to her. Be confident, be kind and be yourself. That's what women want.

I completely agree. Romances for the most part are over sexualized, and under personalized. A one on one conversation never fails to be under valued.

 

[Litany]

as a woman in her 20s, let me tell you that reading a romance to get an idea of how a woman like me thinks is a waste of time because I've never read one that I can identify with.

Perhaps you're a lesbian?

 

[mmyap]

Well shoot. I guess waiting for the Laird to ride across the moors from his castle keep on a black charger to rescue me from the banality of bookkeeping and house drugery is not time well spent.

 

[dele]

Perhaps you're a lesbian?

Don't tell my husband!

 

[Libra]

Hello Book and reader forum,

I am looking for a romance book that will help me understand the thought process of a woman in her 20's in regards to what she is thinking and what she is looking for in an ideal mate. Does anyone have any suggestions?

:lol::lol:Good luck!

 

[readsalot]

sounds like you're in need of a dating site. A romance book will only have one author's take on how a woman thinks... and some are from men so take that with a grain of salt.

Best bet would be to get a few of your female friends to answer some questions. Again, you'll get individual responses but a much wider pool. Research, my friend, therein lies your answers.