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Think Like a Guy:How to Get a Guy by Thinking Like
One
by Giuliana DePandi
Introduction andBook Thesis Description
Can This Help A Relationship?
1) Give him your digits, but don’t take his
7) Don’t overaccesorize
13) Don’t admit you were a bad student
29) Hide your astrology books
46) Don’t own a dog that fits in your purse
66) Don’t break up unless you have a rebound
Introduction andBook Thesis Description Main thesis:
– Helping women find and keep a boyfriend and/or husband
– “Funny, fast, and full of insight you can use right now…”
Summary:– DePandi created 66
tips to help women• Be evasive!• “Beat them at their
own game”• Deceit…• Conduct
– Don’t be a “psycho”– Don’t be clingy– Don’t obsess over
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Introduction andBook Thesis Description Context: Why did DePandi write this?
– According to the Census, nearly 1/3 of all recorded females (15+) are unmarried…
• Young women are the book’s target audience!– DePandi appeals to them– In need of relationship help?
– “Whole person”• Already successful at work and with friends…
– NEED A MAN AND A FAMILY!
Census Data Set: 2005-2009 AmericanCommunity Survey 5-Year Estimates
Data
Data
2 types present in the book:– Several brief write-ins from men
• Offer male perspective to affirm DePandi– How were they collected?– Subjective experience of an individual– Are they even REAL?
– Stereotypes, assumptions, and experiences• Some sort of truth hidden within…• Opinions or personal views
How was any of this collected?!– Never told how…– Leaves us unsure of its accuracy
Data
DePandi’s goal was to reach single young women– The youngest sections of
the population have the highest percentage of single women!
• Knows her audience
• Recognized a potential problem that they face
Census Data Set: 2005-2009 AmericanCommunity Survey 5-Year Estimates
Data
Data Quality:– US Census = high quality data!
• Governmental agency• Years of experience collecting this type of data
– National sample…
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Results
Results
Did the “real data” refute or support the book?– Census showed potential need for help– Article says XYZ
Is book actually helpful?– We agreed the book was frivolously written
• Some tips were relevant to life– Good advice vs. DUH!
• Others were forced attempts at being funny• Many informed readers to lie to their boyfriends
Results
Is author properly trained to write a self-help book?– DePandi has a background in journalism
• Master’s from American University in DC• E! News host• Her personal experiences and overall theory are very
subjective– Writes about skeptics!
» “…I’ve got 6’3” of a-once-impossible-to-tame guy who might suggest I know a thing or two.”
Discussion and Conclusion
Discussion and Conclusion “Take care of yourself and everything else in
your life will take care of itself”– Common advice- Do we need a book about it?
Data Evaluation and Comparison:– Book data-
• Unsure of origin, reliability, and accuracy– DePandi never tells us– Only one man’s experience
• Young points out in “Sex and the Census” that delayed and/or bypassing marriage increases number of singles
– This book can be a potential solution to this ongoing sociological trend
(Young, 2001)
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Discussion and Conclusion Future ideas:
– Books-• I Do, Now What? By
Giuliana and Bill Rancic• Have women choose or
evaluate tips first• Implications of lower
single womanhood rates on health insurance
– Research-• We saw from the chart
the book did not “solve” the problem…
– Reasons for delay?– Plan to marry ever?
Did the data negate the book topic?– Census “single
numbers” supported DePandi’s ideas
• Not really a major issue though…
– Delaying marriage
– Population decrease?
(Forget, Roos, & Walld, 2005)
References
Forget, E., Deber, R., Roos, L., & Walld, R. (2005). Canadian Health Reform: A Gender Analysis. Feminist Economics, 11(1), 123-141. doi:10.1080/1354570042000332579
United States Census Bureau. (2009). United States - Household and Families [Data file]. Retrieved from http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/STTable?_bm=y&geo_id=01000US&-qr_name=ACS_2009_5YR_G00_S1101&-ds_name= ACS_2009_5YR_G00_
United States Census Bureau. (2009). United States - Marital Status [Data file]. Retrieved from United States Census Bureau. (2009). United States - Household and Families [Data file]. Retrieved from http://factfinder.census. gov/servlet/STTable? _bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-qr_name=ACS_2009_5YR_G00_ S1101&-ds _name=ACS_2009_5YR_G00_
Young, C. (2001). Sex and the Census. Reason, 33(4). p 23.
Final Exam Questions
Final Exam Question 1
In her book Think Like a Guy, author Giuliana DePandi bases her theory on women being what one word?
A. EmotionalB. EvasiveC. EmpatheticD. Energetic
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Final Exam Question 2
Giuliana DePandi, author or Think Like a Guy, comes from what background?
A. Sociologist
B. Relationship counselor
C. “E! News” TV host
D. She played Carrie on “Sex and the City”
Final Exam Question 3
In her Think Like a Guy tips, Giuliana DePandi does not advise readers to be/do which of the following?
A. DeceitfulB. EvasiveC. Keep relative emotional distanceD. “Psycho” and/or obsessive
