What Women Want, What Women Need
According to recent research, what women want is ‘men who are kind’. Why? The characteristic of altruism – selfless concern for the welfare of others – suggests that a man may make a better parent and is not just in the relationship for sex. Macho risk-taking is not the way to a woman’s heart. What women need to hear is that having a big bum, hips and thighs...
Read MoreClass, Race and Sex In Education
There, that’s got you reading! You’ll search long and hard to find a more explosive mix than the three things mentioned in the title of this blog. There’s been a big discussion about them in the British media recently since it’s been discovered (again) that poor white boys struggle in GCSEs and indeed all other academic tests. But which of the three is the deciding...
Read MoreWhat Do Men Want? #2
In the first blog in this series I mentioned that I’m delivering (for the second time) a 1-day course in Queen’s University called What Men Want: How To Manage the Men in Your Life. Although this is a course about men for women, it got me thinking about what it is – if anything – that all men might want. Here are some suggestions. Author John Eldredge has a very frank...
Read MoreWhat Do Men Want? #1
In 2008 I designed and delivered a workshop called What Men Want: How to Manage the Men in Your Life. I’ll be delivering it again at Queen’s University on Saturday 13 February 2010 (one day before my birthday). The title got me thinking – what do men want in different areas of life? Here are some Internet resources to help to find out. 5 Things Men Want To Hear What Men...
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