Susan P. (puss-in-boots) - reviewed on 11/28/2009 + 62 more book reviews

This book is a conglomeration of statistical information about men and women, their preferences, their bodies, and their lives. The book is organized into topics, including: marriage, divorce, and home life; crime and drugs; romance and sex; work and money; school; social and political issues; knowledge and beliefs; TV, movies, and books; sports and leisure; bodies and beauty; food; health and death; and miscellaneous factoids. Each piece of statistical information is presented with a pair of numbers, one for each gender, facilitating immediate comparison between the results for women and men. The source for each piece of information is also noted by number, with the corresponding reference listed in full at the end of the book. There is no topical index. Cases where there are striking or unexpected differences between women and men are pointed out in bold type. Groups of related facts that tell interesting stories when taken as a whole are highlighted in boxes with gray backgrounds.

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