Boys and their toys [[electronic resource] ] : understanding men by understanding their relationship with gadgets / / Bill Adler, Jr

• Autore: Adler Bill <1957->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : AMACOM, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Disciplina: 155.3/32
• Soggetto topico: Men - Psychology; Men - Effect of technological innovations on; Men - Recreation - Psychological aspects; Recreation - Equipment and supplies - Psychological aspects; Household electronics - Psychological aspects; Technology - Psychological aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- How to pick (or adapt to) your man based on what kind of toy he wants -- Toys lure in women, just like good worms lure in fish -- Toys prevent boredom and thus prevent insanity (on the part of everyone that bored guys come into contact with) -- Men need to be spontaneous, and toys offer a safe way to maintain their youthful spontaneity -- Gadgets prevent infidelity -- Men hate ambiguity -- Protector toys: how guys expose their nurturing side through technology, even if they don't know it -- Toys help relieve stress in men - they really do -- The whole midlife crisis thing and gadgets -- Girls and their curls: women like stuff, too, and what this means for men -- The dark side: men use gadgets to fend off meaningful conversations and emotional entanglements -- For some men, gadgets are a substitute for watching sports 24/7: there really is no such thing as a non-gadget guy (and you should be so lucky to be married to this kind of man) -- The meaning of BlackBerry -- The Wile E. Coyote phenomenon: why are men undeterred by gadget failure? -- Postscript.
• Titolo autorizzato: Boys and their toys
• ISBN: 1-281-12839-2; 9786611128395; 0-8144-2973-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452038103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II