Understanding Guys: A Guide for Teenage Girls

by Michael Gurian

It's all here--scientific, social, and psychological explanations for why boys never talk about their feelings, whey they can be aggressive, and why they think so much about sex. There's also sound and practical advice to help teens relate plus real-life anecdotes about how to cope.

87 pages, Library Binding

First published February 1, 1999

About the author

Michael Gurian is an American author and social philosopher. He works as a marriage and family counselor and corporate consultant. He has published twenty-eight books, several of which were New York Times bestseller list bestsellers. He is considered, along with Leonard Sax, as one of the major proponents of the post-modern "single-sex academic classes" movement.
Gurian taught at Gonzaga University, Eastern Washington University, and Ankara University. His work tends to focus on sex differences and how they contribute to learning.
He is also a co-founder of the Gurian Institute, which trains professionals who deal with the developmental aspects of childhood. The Gurian Institute has trained more than 60,000 teachers from over 2,000 different schools. Some of these schools become "GI Model Schools" and aim to leverage the role gender plays in learning styles.

Reviews

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 4 out of 5]

I finished Understanding Guys: A Guide for Teenage Girls and spent the next hour telling my roommate about it, who did not ask. Michael Gurian has a knack for planting ideas that keep growing after the last page. The pacing sags in the middle, but the payoff is real. Perfect for talkers and thinkers, not great for anyone who wants to read and move on.

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short and sweet: Understanding Guys is a quiet little gem with a few rough edges. What worked: gorgeous, simple writing and a main character who feels like somebody you know. What didn't: a lot of the middle is just people thinking about stuff. Recommend for anyone who likes slow, thoughtful reads, skip for readers who need to see something happen.