話を聞かない男、地図が読めない女―男脳・女脳が「謎」を解く [文庫]

女は歯を磨きながらでも歩き回ったり、いろいろなことを話したりできるのに、男にはこれができない。なんでだろう？なぜ特許出願の99パーセントが男によるものなのか。なぜ女はストレスが溜まるとおしゃべりをするのか。なぜ買い物嫌いの夫がこんなに多いのか。バーバラとアラン・ピーズ夫妻によると、「私たちがどう考えどう行動するかは、脳の配線と、体内を駆け巡るホルモンという2つの要因によって、生まれるずっと前からほとんど決まっている」という。社会化する過程や、政治観や、しつけが違うだけではない。男と女は脳が大きく違っていて、生まれつき違う行動をする傾向がある。
こうした違いがもとで、満足のいく人間関係を築けないケースがあまりにも多い。だから、男女の基本的衝動の違いを理解すれば、自己認識を深めることができるし、男女間の関係も改善できる、というのが『Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps（邦題: 話を聞かない男、地図が読めない女）』の基本的考え。ピーズ夫妻は本書執筆のためのリサーチに3年をかけて世界中を旅し、専門家の話を聞き、民族学、心理学、生物学、神経科学の最新の研究成果を調べた。しかし、決して「難解な科学書」ではない。本書の第1の目的は「男と女の平均像、つまり、ほとんどの男女が、ほとんどの場合にすること、あるいはしてきたこと」について語ることなのである。 --このテキストは、絶版本またはこのタイトルには設定されていない版型に関連付けられています。

Have you ever wished your partner came with an instruction booklet? This international bestseller is the answer to all the things you've ever wondered about the opposite sex.

For their controversial new book on the differences between the way men and women think and communicate, Barbara and Allan Pease spent three years traveling around the world, collecting the dramatic findings of new research on the brain, investigating evolutionary biology, analyzing psychologists, studying social changes, and annoying the locals.

The result is a sometimes shocking, always illuminating, and frequently hilarious look at where the battle line is drawn between the sexes, why it was drawn, and how to cross it. Read this book and understand--at last!--why men never listen, why women can't read maps, and why learning each other's secrets means you'll never have to say sorry again. --このテキストは、 ペーパーバック 版に関連付けられています。

「男と女の謎」を解き明かし、日本で200万部、全世界で600万部、42カ国でNo.1となった超ベストセラー待望の文庫化。最新データが入った改訂増補版。

なぜ男は一度に一つのことしかできないのか、なぜ女は方向音痴なのか…。誰もが納得する男と女の行動の違いについて紹介する。2000年刊に最新の研究成果を加えたインターナショナル版。

Ever wonder why women can brush their teeth while walking and talking on various subjects while men generally find this very difficult to do? Why 99 percent of all patents are registered by men? Why stressed women talk? Why so many husbands hate shopping? According to Barbara and Allan Pease, science now confirms that "the way our brains are wired and the hormones pulsing through our bodies are the two factors that largely dictate, long before we are born, how we will think and behave. Our instincts are simply our genes determining how our bodies will behave in given sets of circumstances." That's right: socialization, politics, or upbringing aside, men and women have profound brain differences and are intrinsically inclined to act in distinct--and consequently frustrating--ways.

The premises behind Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps is that all too often, these differences get in the way of fulfilling relationships and that understanding our basic urges can lead to greater self-awareness and improved relations between the sexes. The Peases spent three years researching their book--traveling the globe, talking to experts, and studying the cutting-edge research of ethnologists, psychologists, biologists, and neuroscientists--yet their work does not read a bit like "hard science." In fact, the authors go to considerable lengths to point out that their book is intended to be funny, interesting, and easy to read; in short, this is a book whose primary purpose is to talk about "average men and women, that is, how most men and women behave most of the time, in most situations, and for most of the past."

Why Men Don't Listen, therefore, deals largely in generalizations, and this is bound to alienate some readers. "We don't beat around the bush with suppositions or politically correct clichés," the Peases claim. Those up for an irreverent and unapologetic take on why men and women just can't help themselves sometimes may just decide to read on. --Svenja Soldovieri
--このテキストは、 ペーパーバック 版に関連付けられています。

Have you ever wished your partner came with an instruction booklet? This international bestseller is the answer to all the things you've ever wondered about the opposite sex.

For their controversial new book on the differences between the way men and women think and communicate, Barbara and Allan Pease spent three years traveling around the world, collecting the dramatic findings of new research on the brain, investigating evolutionary biology, analyzing psychologists, studying social changes, and annoying the locals.

The result is a sometimes shocking, always illuminating, and frequently hilarious look at where the battle line is drawn between the sexes, why it was drawn, and how to cross it. Read this book and understand--at last!--why men never listen, why women can't read maps, and why learning each other's secrets means you'll never have to say sorry again.


--このテキストは、 ペーパーバック 版に関連付けられています。

"This is a must- read for men and women who love each other, hate each other, or simply coexist. You will learn as much about yourself and how to improve your relationships as you will about the opposite sex."
--Dennis Waitley, author of The Psychology of Winning

"The Peases have the knack of making the profound seem obvious. Brings Mars and Venus down to Earth!"
--Dr. John Tickel, bestselling author of A Passion for Living


--このテキストは、 ペーパーバック 版に関連付けられています。

Barbara Pease is CEO of Pease Training International and the author of the international bestseller Memory Language. She divides her time between England and Australia, trying to find her way home from the airport. Alan Pease is a full-time speaker, conducting seminars in thirty countries with a client list that includes IBM, McDonald's, and the BBC. He is also the author of five #1 bestsellers, and spends most of his free time practicing listening when he's being spoken to. --このテキストは、 ペーパーバック 版に関連付けられています。

ピーズ,アラン
ロイヤル・ソサエティ・オブ・アーツの会員でボディ・ランゲージの世界的な権威。ヒューマン・コミュニケーションをテーマに世界各地で講演を行っている。オーストラリア・ブリスペーン在住

ピーズ,バーバラ
ピーズ・トレーニング・インターナショナルのCEOとして各種ビデオの制作にあたるほか、世界各地の企業や政府を対象にトレーニング講座やセミナーを開催している。オーストラリア・ブリスペーン在住

藤井 留美
翻訳家。上智大学外国語学部卒(本データはこの書籍が刊行された当時に掲載されていたものです)