Boys and their toys : understanding men by understanding their relationship with gadgets / / Bill Adler, Jr.
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Year of Publication: | 2007 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | xi, 164 p. :; ill. |
Notes: | Includes index. |
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245 | 1 | 0 | |a Boys and their toys |h [electronic resource] : |b understanding men by understanding their relationship with gadgets / |c Bill Adler, Jr. |
260 | |a New York : |b AMACOM, |c c2007. | ||
300 | |a xi, 164 p. : |b ill. | ||
500 | |a Includes index. | ||
505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- How to pick (or adapt to) your man based on what kind of toy he wants -- Toys lure in women, just like good worms lure in fish -- Toys prevent boredom and thus prevent insanity (on the part of everyone that bored guys come into contact with) -- Men need to be spontaneous, and toys offer a safe way to maintain their youthful spontaneity -- Gadgets prevent infidelity -- Men hate ambiguity -- Protector toys: how guys expose their nurturing side through technology, even if they don't know it -- Toys help relieve stress in men - they really do -- The whole midlife crisis thing and gadgets -- Girls and their curls: women like stuff, too, and what this means for men -- The dark side: men use gadgets to fend off meaningful conversations and emotional entanglements -- For some men, gadgets are a substitute for watching sports 24/7: there really is no such thing as a non-gadget guy (and you should be so lucky to be married to this kind of man) -- The meaning of BlackBerry -- The Wile E. Coyote phenomenon: why are men undeterred by gadget failure? -- Postscript. | |
533 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
650 | 0 | |a Men |x Psychology. | |
650 | 0 | |a Men |x Effect of technological innovations on. | |
650 | 0 | |a Men |x Recreation |x Psychological aspects. | |
650 | 0 | |a Recreation |x Equipment and supplies |x Psychological aspects. | |
650 | 0 | |a Household electronics |x Psychological aspects. | |
650 | 0 | |a Technology |x Psychological aspects. | |
655 | 4 | |a Electronic books. | |
710 | 2 | |a ProQuest (Firm) | |
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