By their very nature, men may be hard-wired for the hunt. How we deal with this evolution is the source of some debate. In the past, men were recognized for their intellectual skills and often became scientists, inventors, philosophers, writers and engineers, while women were relegated to the province of the home and raising a family. Few would deny that society has recently undergone major changes in the roles of men and women, both in and outside the home.

Written with intelligence and in a humorous style, Beasts of Prey: The Hard Truth About Men delightfully splashes historical female-male relationships against the canvas of our postmodern world. But the shadow of her evident personal bitterness taints everything she has achieved here. The author is clearly very intelligent, and she shares plenty of valid, well-researched points. The worst part about this for me is that it IS well written. I read this at a rapid pace due to my building irritation at the accusations of the author as she berated men, fidelity and any sort of emotional attachment even resembling love, at every turn, vacillating between humor and apparent loathing.

Lured in by the promise of science and history, I was excited to start this book. This book is full of broad generalizations and evenly distributed sexism toward all parties. While there are some humorous gems in here, the author's clear bias against the concept of marriage (while I agree that it is by no means a requirement for fulfillment in life, she outright calls it a 'gross mistake' for women to make) and men in general, leaves the otherwise interesting statistics gathered by the author lacking credibility. I really hope this book was written with the goal of being satirical.

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