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What's this book ABOUT, anyway????
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The basic premise of this book is that both Man and Man's Best Friend, the domestic dog, are descended from pack-hunting predators.
That essential evolutionary similarity explains a lot, not the least of which is why neither of them are particularly good shoppers (shoppers are generally the descendents of the "gatherer" half of hunter/gatherer society) and why all of them, right down to the very last toddler and puppy, will invariably fall into one of ten PSPs, or Pack Status Personalities, including, but not limited to, Alphas, Betas, Leglifters, Sentinels, and Fearbiters.
It should probably be noted that I pretty much invented these categories for men, although they are all pretty familiar to dog breeders...anybody with a bunch of dogs always has an Alpha, a Leglifter, and a Sentinel (the one who barks every time the wind blows), and probably the rest of them as well if they think about it for a minute...
And as with dogs, every guy on the planet is born with his PSP pre-installed (sort of like Windows is preinstalled on your computer), and there isn't really a damn thing that women can do to change that. It's his personal "operating system" and it's largely a result of genes and biochemistry, two things over which we lamentably have little control.
So what women really need to do is understand the whole PSP thing, and the brain chemistry behind it, so that they can determine a guy's PSP right out the gate, and don't get stuck with the "wrong dog", so to speak.
If you're already in a relationship, on the other hand, all is still not lost - figuring out your mate's PSP can actually help improve things, honest to God, because you'll at least understand why he does stuff that makes you crazy - and that most of the time, it's really not his fault. It's biochemistry.
The other thing you'll learn is that no particular PSP is more intrinsically desirable than another (well, maybe with the exception of Fearbiters and Lone Wolves, who can be pretty scary). It's mostly a matter of figuring out which PSP best suits your individual needs and lifestyle, the same way you'd intelligently choose a dog - which, in fact, women seem to be much better at for some unknown reason.
All in all, it's a pretty good theory, even if I did think of it myself.
Just for the record, nearly all the anecdotal and highly personal material about men included in the book was supplied by dozens and dozens of women, who shall remain forever anonymous so as to avoid totally embarrassing the guys in their lives. (OK, and maybe a few guys contributed some stuff, too...and for some weird reason, most of them were pretty high-testosterone guys. Go figure.)
So anyhow, order the book. It's a fun read if nothing else.
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