Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl-A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship

by Sherry Argov

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565 ratings, 3.77 average rating, 162 reviews (more data...)

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October 31st 2002 by Adams Media Corporation

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Paperback, 288 pages

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1580627560 (isbn13: 9781580627566)

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Do you feel like you are too nice?

Sherry Argov's Why Men Love Bitches delivers a unique perspective as to why men are attracted to a strong woman wh

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09/06/07

Maui Doctolero rated it:

Read in April, 2007

recommends it for: YES

I bought it...
I read it...
I read it for the second time around...
I've learned so many things that I can't reveal because I discovered so many things...to myself and even for the benefit of my significant other...
I applied it...
It worked...
It was successfuuuullll...
Investment...
Last wordS...
WORTH KEEPING!!!

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10/13/08

Anood rated it:

bookshelves: non-fiction

Read in October, 2008

I remember once, one of my friends told me that she'd been in a Ndwah held by Dr. Sana Abed. And as Dr. Sana always concern with girls' issues, problems and relationships, she advised all the girls to read this book. To say the truth, I was shocked. How come someone like her recommends such a horribly entitled book?!! ……. But now after I read it, I figured out that she just made a very important recommendation and MARVELOUS as well.
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06/12/08

Angelina rated it:

Mr. Angelina loves this book because he feels vindicated. He is in MAD hearts with the queen bitch (me, unless he has some other special lady friend I don't know about. In which case I have one thing to say: SHARE GODDAMIT.)

At three in the morning when a booty call won't take the hint, a gal doesn't call her mousy friend. She calls me. And with a hearty, "You're gonna have to get on up out of here, mutherfucker!" the assclown is tossed out on his keister. And if he doesn't ...more

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11/11/07

Lillymonster rated it:

Read in November, 2007

recommends it for: the single ladies in the house

Ok, first of all, I know you're reading this and rolling your eyes!!! (hi Jafar, hi Rustam!) It was a gag gift I got from my friend for my birthday so I gave it a whirl while I was at the gym- and finished it in a snap. It's actually pretty good! Bitch isn't really "bitch" in the traditional sense of the word. Basically her point is that women should have their own lives going on and that that's more attractive to men. Seriously since this is news to so many women, I'm happy for the...more

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06/15/07

Syreeta rated it:

Read in May, 2007

recommends it for: As Marsha stated...to any single woman who is a "nice girl"

Wow, where do I start...I would never have read this book just because of the horrible title. However, I'm glad Marsha explained the title so that I could get by the "horrible" name thing I was dealing with. This book gave me a little insight to why nice women like myself sometimes finish last and can't seem to get a nice guy in line to "do right"...well, since right is a matter of perception and interpretation I better say for a man to treat her like the queen that she is....more

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02/28/08

Thea rated it:

I picked up a used copy of this book as a gag gift, and my fascination with the intensive note-taking and underlining the previous owner had done in the copy lead me to read a good chunk of this book.
Of what I read the basic concepts are acceptable enough; women should value their dignity and not allow their suitors to take advantage of them. However, the idea that a woman with a backbone is a "bitch", and the idea that women must be manipulative to gain fair treatment in a...more

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12/12/08

Nascha rated it:

bookshelves: chick-lit-romance, self-help-spiritual-enlightenment

Read in August, 2005

The fact is, you're not supposed to read a book like this, let alone like it. When this book came recommended to me from a few members of a woman's group I belonged to at the time, skeptical wouldn't begin to describe what I thought. I mean, the title alone kind of wants to make you gag. Most men hate bitches, don't they? This book can't help you find, keep or get a man, right? Well, right. But I think that's the whole point of the book and possibly its beauty.
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10/10/07

Lili Marlene rated it:

Read in June, 2007

recommends it for: girls who need advice on how to act less needy

This book in my opinion Really sucks.
Why?
beacuse I believe anyone strategizing sooo much to not be treated like a "door mat" needs advice on self steem NOT on how to trick men.
In my opinion you are trying to fix something that is not the root of the problem.

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08/18/07

Angela Park rated it:

I was told I had to read this book b/c apparently, I have gone soft.....after having read this, I can certainly say that there are some gals out there who would benefit from taking this advice.....

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12/01/08

Mina Villalobos rated it:

bookshelves: non-fiction, self-improvement

Read in November, 2008

The book can be summarized with 'If you don't respect yourself no one else will', which sounds pretty obvious. But the actual examples of behavior are so terrifyingly common and explained so much of my own behavior -and results- that I couldn't believe it was so easy to get things to turn out the way I wanted them. This is also a big book on manipulation, and I didn't always agree with it -I'm not exactly willing to allow male ego to alter my behavior, for example- but that doesn't mean that it ...more

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02/26/09

Meyy5 rated it:

This was surprisingly entertaining, but the advice is not really something I'd take too seriously. It's been a while since I read this, but i think 'bitch' here is of the 'Bitch In Total Control of Herself' variety.

Some of the advice is good, and given in a manner that is palatable (eg, self-confidence, don't let his schedule dictate yours overly etc) but some others...I really think have to be taken with a grain of salt (eg, don't let him know you can cook or he'll expect gourmet me...more

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11/10/08

Brooke marked it as to-read

bookshelves: to-read

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10/31/08

Ebony rated it:

Read in October, 2008

recommended to Ebony by: Shandra

Argov is funny. I will give her that, but I couldn’t help thinking through much of the second half of the book, “Or you could just communicate.” It’s a very typical “men don’t get it, so you have to help them” book. I wouldn’t want a man that I’d have to trick into doing things for me. Ironically, most of the stereotypical men behaviors were more like me than anyone I have dated. I kept thinking “this book is going to ruin my relationship.” But she does make a good point...more

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10/23/07

Mary rated it:

OK I'm currently reading this book again because I'm so confused! Yes it's great that Sherry Argove wrote an empowering book for women, but why is she constantly contradicting herself? One minute she says to be decisive because guys like a woman who's decisive and the next minute she says to let him choose the restaurant, etc. I don't get it!

Also, I'm so overwhelmed with this book, because I apparently have to work too hard in order to keep a man so it's like reverse psychology. She...more

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07/19/07

Ritz rated it:

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Read in July, 2007

recommends it for: a las chicas, sobre todo si intercambiamos opiniones

Por qué los hombres aman a las cabronas se inscribe en la nueva honda de libros de autoayuda con títulos que usan palabrotas para ser irreverentes, llamar la atención y vender más… cosa que al parecer ¡funciona! El texto sostiene las mismas máximas provenientes de antes de Cristo sobre la autoestima, la automotivación, el autocontrol, y la independencia, que recordarlas nunca está de más. Para algunos esto es patológicamente difícil, para otros es intuitivamente fácil y para los d...more Por qué los hombres aman a las cabronas se inscribe en la nueva honda de libros de autoayuda con títulos que usan palabrotas para ser irreverentes, llamar la atención y vender más… cosa que al parecer ¡funciona! El texto sostiene las mismas máximas provenientes de antes de Cristo sobre la autoestima, la automotivación, el autocontrol, y la independencia, que recordarlas nunca está de más. Para algunos esto es patológicamente difícil, para otros es intuitivamente fácil y para los del medio es un proceso de aprendizaje y reprogramación. La premisa de la autora es el convertirse en una “Cabrona renovada”. Cabrona según Sherry Argov, proviene de la palabra en inglés BITCH, que ella traduce de las siglas en inglés al simpático “Belleza en absoluto control de sí misma” – Me gusta, ¡se lo compro!- eso sí ojo, insiste mucho en la amabilidad, educación, femineidad y dulzura como un atributos de la perra repotenciada. En sus páginas hay 100 “Principios de Atracción” que fungen de receta para que una mujer se relacione con un hombre “satisfactoriamente”. Sin embargo es contradictorio que el libro se revela contra las recetas de revistas femeninas (prepárale una cena, vístete sexy, ect) y a su vez provee de otras con el mismo objetivo: tener a un macho al lado – aunque de verdad le cedo justamente, que esa no es la finalidad que postula el libro como objeto de felicidad de una mujer-. Se encuentra cierto tono conciliador entre los preceptos de la revolución femenina y algunos principios básicos de sumisión fingida para lograr justo “lo que una quiere”. Si uno se pone dicotómico se encontrará perdido y desorientado entre los principios ya que algunos tienden a la pura autosatisfación y otros a la satisfacción del hombre – hace énfasis en lo distintos que son los hombres de las mujeres al estilo “Los hombres son de…”-, por eso este tipo de libros tan “precisos” deben ser leídos desde cierta madurez personal que le permita a uno distinguir la guasa, la exageración y el relleno de los verdaderos puntos a considerar poner en práctica. Los ejemplos que se exponen, pudieran ser graciosos – yo carezco de ciertos elementos de sentido del humor –no los encuentro útiles en absoluto porque no pasan de anécdotas. Podría aplicarse esta receta en distintos hombres y cada cual reaccionará distinto incluso de las experiencias citadas. Es curioso que el libro puede interpretado también en la vía opuesta "Por qué las mujeres aman a los cabrones", porque cuál sea el género, una persona segura de sí misma atrae y es el agente activo en una relación, y las personas inseguras son atraídas y son el agente pasivo... la cosa se pone interesante cuando la persona insegura cambia su actutid a segura de sí misma. En resumen… yo no compraría un libro con un título así, pero me alegro que me lo hayan regalado y haberlo leído en contra de mis prejuicios porque lo encontré ligero y en algunos puntos interesante.(less)

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03/31/09

Sharon rated it:

bookshelves: books-i-read-on-my-kindle

Read in August, 2008

I think about 15% percent of the advice given in this book is idiotic. In one of the examples, a wife put a red sock in with her husband's laundry to teach him a lesson about not handling his portion of the household duties. The husband was so upset about his pink underwear that he took over ALL the laundry duties. What the book doesn't tell you is that this will only work if A.) Your husband is Fred Flintstone or B.) Your husband is a complete moron.

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07/05/07

Nesie rated it:

Read in July, 2005

recommends it for: the newly dumped

A friend gave me her copy of this book a few years ago, figuring it would soothe me after a breakup. In truth, it just clarified something in my head; the fact that I'm not about to change who I am just to get a guy to like me. Now, that wasn't the theme of the book by any means, but whatever. Worked for me!

I'd recommend this book to ladies who are wallowing in self-doubt, in the hopes they'll see one of two things: either the fact that they're fine as-is and their ex is a chump, ...more

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07/01/09

Breanne rated it:

We all have that friend of ours that gives spot on advice when it comes to relationships that just makes so much sense. Mine was a co-worker of mine. When I started to read this book I came into work proclaiming I had found her bible she had never written. I loved this book back in my single days. So much of what it says I found to be true. One of my male co-workers is now reading it, so it is interesting to get his feedback on the book.

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04/07/09

laura rated it:

Saw it in a used bookstore, had heard about it through some friends, bought it, read it relatively quickly and didn't really absorb any of the information. There were highlighted parts in my used copy. The fact that someone would highlight parts of a book such as this makes me wonder a little, but to each their own. I don't really understand how anything in this book would be taken seriously, but if it "helps you" then more power to you.

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04/29/09

Tola Cream rated it:

Women cherish this books. It's just facts and the absolute truth above your emotions, men and love,relationship and so forth.My favourite quote from the book is :

"Before sex a women is thinking clearly and a man isn't and After sex a women isnt thinking clearly but i man is"

Think on it but we women also put ur first foot up now we need to let men put there two foot forward and whaever else they have ;)

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"Bitch (noun): A woman who won't bang her head against the wall obsessing over someone else's opinion - be it a man or anyone else in her life. She understands that if someone does not approve of her, it's just one person's opinion; therefore, it's of no real importance. She doesn't try to live up to anyone else's standards - only her own. Because of this, she relates to a man very differently." More quotes...