When it comes to romance, which of course involves women (at least for me), I’m no expert. So how in the world can a big dude write about that mushy stuff? Well, it’s a misnomer to believe that we guys don’t think about romance, because we do, just differently. Then it hit me. Why not [...]

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Stereotypes are just that, generalizations about the characteristics or behavior of some group of people. Fact is, some are true, and some are false. Now, you can disagree in your comments, but this is my take on gender stereotypes.
1. Romance novels are for women – Would anyone argue that romances novels are primarily read my [...]

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One thing that quickly became obvious during my experience writing a novel with Big Mike was the fact that he made an awful lot of “gender generalizations”. Of course I’m not blaming him for that, I’m sure we’ve all done it at least a time or two, males and females alike. Part of the differences [...]

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OK, before I present my “tag post” let me just say, this is a perfect example of gender differences. Since I entered into the female dominated world of romantic suspense, I have been amazed at the scope and depth of the sisterhood network. Now don’t get me wrong. I said that to Candace once and [...]

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This is more of a question than an observation. Now I know it’s a generalization, but every woman I know, regardless of age (and that’s a lot), except for about a half a dozen, has difficulty backing up a car. I don’t mean just pulling out, I mean backing down a path, a slight hill, [...]

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Ladies – What terrific responses you have provided. The one consistent theme that hit me was diversity of perspective. We all have views based on the history and experiences we bring with us. And I swear, I do understand how difficult and unfair it is when a woman must deal with a man that has [...]

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You need to read Candace’s post on this subject first for this response to make sense.
Believe it or not, when I posted a reply to Candace’s post, I expected her response. Then why do it? Because when she and I agreed to do this blog, our supposition was that we truly wanted to explore gender [...]

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I was going to post this as a response to Big Mike’s comment on a previous post, but it got so long I decided it needed its own space.
Regarding aggression in women in the workforce, I’ve seen both sides of the coin.
Growing up, I worked in what was almost exclusively a male environment – [...]

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I know some of these are impossible to accomplish this year, but a man has to have things to strive for, so here are my resolutions for 2009:
1. Spend more time with my sweetie (if I can find her)

2. Come our of my author’s dungeon and look at the sun to remember what it [...]

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You have to read Candi’s post first or this one won’t make sense.
Now you did it! Calling me mushy in front of all these people. Thank God my buds don’t read my posts. I’d lose all status as the alpha male.
Just kidding. Candi does bring up a good point. One of my future posts deals [...]

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