Women Viewing Men as Dogs

rbrockway · 2022-09-18T00:33:05+00:00

From the article:

"The following book titles are all aimed at female readers and were collected from a cursory glance at Amazon. This sample is nowhere near the entirety of those available in this, er, genre – but they are sufficient to paint a picture of how millions of women around the world apparently view relationships with men as experiments in animal behaviorism and manipulation strategies, with the aim of controlling men."

The-Author · 2022-09-18T05:46:00+00:00

I think that this, partially, comes from all the ideas surrounding women in our culture as the "fairer sex" and not to mention the "women are wonderful effect" where people tend to attribute a lot of positive attributes to women simply for existing as a woman.

Men tend to be stereotyped as inherently trouble making (mostly as teenagers and young adults) and inherently boorish. You can see this most often in comedies/ sitcoms. So the woman has to be the one to reign them in/ civilize them.

Pasolini123 · 2022-09-18T01:10:51+00:00

Men are as dogs? This means: clever, friendly, loyal, beautiful, kind-hearted, fluffy, strong, funny, joyful and cute?

Well, why not :))

/S

hehimCA · 2022-09-18T07:26:17+00:00

Wow that’s crazy. Hate speech all of it.

Put any other demographic in there, and the books would be banned.

psilorder · 2022-09-18T10:32:00+00:00

Well, as far as i know, one of the requirements when you train your dog is "clear, consistent behavior of the type that your dog understands".

Which might not be a bad thing to apply to relationships.

Not that i think that's the point of those books.

IntelligentPredator · 2022-09-18T13:28:27+00:00

My (single) mother said that men are like dogs: feed them, do not bother them so they would be angry, and let them out for a night. Actual quote.

Clemicus · 2022-09-18T13:35:13+00:00

Here's some details for each of the books:

First row:

How to Tame Men: a step-by-step Guide to Winning The BATTLE of Sexes by Melanie Raymund: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Tame-Men-step-step/dp/B01FEKGDIS (1 review) (2014)

Dog Training the American Male by L.A. Knight: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/28047549-dog-training-the-american-male & https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dog-Training-American-Male-Novel/dp/163076017X (20 & 29 reviews) (2014)

How to Train a Man: Man-Handling for Years of Enjoyment by Nancy Winters: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21637.How_to_Train_a_Man & https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Train-Man-Nancy-Winters/dp/0312199007 (0 & 3 reviews) (1997)

A Woman's Guide to Training Her (Dog) Man: The Power Is In Your Hands by Stephanie Brigham-Brock: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/46272331-a-woman-s-guide-to-training-her-dog-man & https://www.amazon.co.uk/Womans-Guide-Training-Her-Dog/dp/0692161813 (1 & 7 reviews) (2019)

Second row:

Down, Boy!: How To Train Your Man In 7 Easy Steps by Alice Ockleshaw: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Down-Boy-Alice-Ockleshaw/dp/1596090340 (0 reviews) (2005)

Treat Your Man Like a Dog... and Live Happily Ever After: A Relationship Primer for Women Who Love Dogs by Maia Madden: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6575512-treat-your-man-like-a-dog-and-live-happily-ever-after & https://www.amazon.co.uk/Treat-Happily-After-relationship-primer/dp/1935125265 (0 & 2 reviews) (2009)

Treat Your Man like a Dog and Have a Friend For Life! (Treat your man series) by Richard D. Rush: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19179329-treat-your-man-like-a-dog-and-have-a-friend-for-life & https://www.amazon.co.uk/Treat-Your-like-Have-Friend-ebook/dp/B006JQ41NG (0 & 4 reviews) (2009)

All Men Are Dogs: You Are the Dog Trainer by Rick Fort: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/32473329-all-men-are-dogs & https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Men-Are-Dogs-Trainer/dp/1535600942 (2016)

Third row:

Dog Training the American Male by L.A. Knight: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/28047549-dog-training-the-american-male & https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dog-Training-American-Male-Novel/dp/163076017X (20 & 29 reviews) (2014) [duplicate]

How to Make Your Man Behave in 21 Days or Less Using the Secrets of Professional Dog Trainers by Karen Salmansohn: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/690399.How_to_Make_Your_Man_Behave_in_21_Days_or_Less_Using_the_Secrets_of_Professional_Dog_Trainers & https://www.amazon.co.uk/Make-Your-Behave-Days-Less/dp/1563056267 (20 & 116 reviews) (1994)

Men Are Dogs: A Woman's Guide to Choosing Her Breed of Man by Jeannette Wright: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/215287.Men_Are_Dogs & https://www.amazon.co.uk/Men-Are-Dogs-Womans-Choosing/dp/0974306800 (0 & 2 reviews) (2003)

How to Train A Man Like A Dog To Be The Man You Want: A Woman's Guide to Taming Men by J. Kennedy Mason III: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50061855-how-to-train-a-man-like-a-dog-to-be-the-man-you-want & https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Train-Man-Like-Want/dp/1733564004 (0 & 9 reviews) (2019)

Forth row:

Why Men Are Like Dogs ... And How We Can Love Them by Mandy Pratt: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20648674-why-men-are-like-dogs-and-how-we-can-love-them & https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Men-Are-Like-Dogs/dp/1463600097 (0 reviews) (2011)

How to Train a Husband: A Vet Tech's Guide to Love and Marriage by Mallary McKinzie: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31546230-how-to-train-a-husband & https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Train-Husband-Techs-Marriage/dp/1942549261 (0 reviews) (2016)

All Men Are Dogs by J D Hayes: https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Men-Are-Dogs-1/dp/0982469918 (0 reviews) (2011)

Oh Yes! All men are Dogs by Nikhil Mahajan: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/18169974-oh-yes-all-men-are-dogs & https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yes-All-Men-are-Dogs/dp/9380349971 (4 & 1 reviews) (2013)

Maephia · 2022-09-18T02:40:37+00:00

You just know..

Dacammel · 2022-09-18T05:46:03+00:00

I’m curious how many books in a similar vein are aimed at men.

Aka how many shitty books are written for men that demean their female partners.

This isn’t a one sided issue, referring to your S/O as “the old ball and chain” has been a common joke in male groups for a long time.

Again not pointing that out to say that this isn’t an issue, but to provide a perhaps less outrage inducing prospective, that is to say, we all suck.

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International_Crew89 · 2022-09-24T21:09:16+00:00

It feels to me like a lot of this is a culmination of socio-gender dynamics (including social amplification of pyscho-socio-sexual instincts) resulting in the general sense that women are the default human resulting from a fetus not affected by the Y chromosome (resulting in biological male), and therefore men are somehow, the "other". This carries forth for understandings of behaviour. So 'women are people acting reasonably, while men are dogs, driven by "lesser" instincts'

Title	Women Viewing Men as Dogs
Author	rbrockway
Upvotes	89
Comments	32
Date	September 18, 2022 12:31 AM UTC (3 years ago)
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