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The Centerfold Syndrome: How Men Can Overcome Objectification and Achieve Intimacy with Women
This candid analysis shows how boys are brought up to both depAnd on and yet fear the perceived power they think women hold over them and, most importantly, how this prevents true emotional intimacy between men and women. Learn from their inspiring and instructive stories.
Hardcover, 272 pages
Published
August 15th 1995
by Jossey-Bass
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In describing the "Centerfold Syndrome" Brooks names five components: voyeurism, objectification, a need for validation, "trophyism", and a fear of intimacy. I find his most helpful observations to be related to voyeurism and trophyism. Since my first reading of this book I've been able to see examples of each of these in real life settings an innumerable amount of times.
However, I think Brooks overstates the problem of objectification. This would seem symptomatic of his lar...more
However, I think Brooks overstates the problem of objectification. This would seem symptomatic of his lar...more
In describing the "Centerfold Syndrome" Brooks names five components: voyeurism, objectification, a need for validation, "trophyism", and a fear of intimacy. I find his most helpful observations to be related to voyeurism and trophyism. Since my first reading of this book I've been able to see examples of each of these in real life settings an innumerable amount of times.
However, I think Brooks overstates the problem of objectification. This would seem symptomati...more
However, I think Brooks overstates the problem of objectification. This would seem symptomati...more
I appreciate this conversation and can only say that I hope (fifteen years after this publication) for all our sakes, and admittedly mine in particular, it continues.
An interesting psychological look at how men objectify women and how that can get in the way of real relationships. He debunks some common misconceptions that the church tends to write about dealing with pornography. Worth the reading, if only for the case studies presented.
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