The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine M.D. Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Female Brain
Book Review: I knew!
Summary: 5 Stars
I knew all these things that this book is about even without researching anything. I only have a brutal capacity of observation. Because of this book I have to say "Thank you very much God for being a man and not a woman" thank you a lot. Buy this book men and discover that we have to be proud of being males.Book Review: I was born in Ireland, and loved reading important facts i did not learn as a wee girl
Summary: 4 Stars
I had heard about this book from my friend Wynonna Judd, and i wanted to read it so much. My friend got it for me for Christmas.
I learned alot about myself as a Woman, and it really makes you think about the way Men and Woman react to things in such different ways.
This Doctor knows what she is talking about, and she got the help of other proffessionals in the business to keep all the information up to date and done her homework.
I would recommend this book to any Woman who cares enough about herself to learn more about our complex thoughts and bodies.
I loved this book alot, and i have passed it on to my other irish Roomate.
They do not talk about things like this when you are a wee girl in Ireland, so i was learned alot about myself as a Woman now living in nashville, TN USA.
Read this book girls, it will help.
Slainte
Book Review: If this is a female brain, then what's in MY skull?
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought and read "The Female Brain" because I didn't want to condemn Brizendine's assertions out of hand.
I am, to the best of my knowledge, an XX-chromosomed heterosexual woman (I haven't had karyotyping done, but all the anatomical signs are there). However, my brain isn't much like the brains Dr. Brizendine describes. I didn't completely conform to the behaviors she described in female children and adolescents. Nor was I a tomboy, so the "more testosterone" hypothesis fails. A few things rang true, but the vast majority of them were behaviors I abhorred in others, and couldn't understand because I simply didn't think that way.
My adult brain never did fall victim to a flood of hormones leading me to breed. I don't think babies smell good, and I have never thought so. I felt the urge to bear a child exactly once. It lasted less than 15 minutes, until I was hit with a powerful menstrual cramp and that was the end of that. I've never been so completely hormonally gaga in love that I was willing to give up everything for a man I was attracted to. And I have been extremely attracted--just not willing to give up myself or my life for him. If anything, I skipped straight from a moody adolescence (that was as "normal" compared to Brizendine's descriptions as I ever got) to the postmenopausal stage, refusing to be a "nurse with a purse". And I haven't even reached menopause yet.
Perhaps "The Female Brain" describes the vast majority of "normal" female brains, but it doesn't describe mine. And if it doesn't describe mine, given the same chromosomal load and social pressures as any other woman, then what gives?
The book was a quick, easy read. If anything, I felt unsatisfied by the lack of technical and scientific information in the text. I would have preferred references and citations to have been placed through the text, instead of at the end. The only truly useful information I got out of the book was some information on the calming effects of progesterone, sufficient to allow me to effectively browse PubMed for scientific studies on the phenomenon.
08/22/06: Why are men so fond of puns? Men tend to pun more, and engage in long-running "pun wars". Their pun activity is, from what I've observed, at least an order of magnitute higher than womens' pun activity. One would think the opposite would be true, since puns are entirely dependent on verbal facility. Just wondering...
Book Review: Insightful book
Summary: 5 Stars
The book was very interest. I found myself thinking about the many stages in my life and how what I have experienced is universal.Book Review: Interesting read
Summary: 2 Stars
I found the book interesting from the standpoint of the infinite emotional fluxuation women seem to deal with explained scientifically. As a man I have always wanted a woman, devoid of feminism and emotion to try to explain why women act the way they do. That is not to say that I feel superior, I have always just been facinated by the "differences" in how men and women think and how women approach issues, problems, and joys differently than men. I have been married to the same woman for over 35 years, and have had a constant, close companion as a study.
This book however, and is the reason for the low rating, is really just a modern version of the feminist movement of the 60's. Move on already ...
It is worth reading, but if you are a man, be prepaired to be exposed to an image of men dragging their knuckles and drool running from the corner of their mouths.
Brain envy ... hardly!