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The Key to Your Man's Heart dispels the common misconception that men desire only surface relationships. Women will be led to recognize that men, too, want a closer connection. It's their method of expressing this that differs. Wright's breakthrough concepts will help women understand the way men share their deepest thoughts and feelings about their dreams and desires. No matter how long they have known the men in their lives, women can improve their relationships by applying these innovative principles of good communication.

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	02 avril 2004
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781441267733
Langue	English

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2004 H. Norman Wright
Published by Bethany House Publishers 11400 Hampshire Avenue South Bloomington, Minnesota 55438 www.bethanyhouse.com
Bethany House Publishers is a division of Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan. www.bakerpublishinggroup.com
Bethany House Publishers edition published 2014
ISBN 978-1-4412-6773-3
Previously published by Regal Books
Ebook edition originally created 2012
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Edited by Amy Spence
Contents
Chapter 1 Key to Your Man’s Heart
Chapter 2 Don’t Blame Him—It’s His Brain!
Chapter 3 What Men Don’t (or Won’t) Talk About
Chapter 4 A Man Is His Work
Chapter 5 What Men Want from Women (Besides Sex)
Responses and Suggestions
Chapter 6 What Can You Do? Pray
Chapter 7 What Men Want from Women—More Responses
Endnotes
C HAPTER 1

Key to Your Man’s Heart
W ho is that special man in your life? How would you describe him to someone else? Go ahead. Give it a try. What words come to mind? Does he know how you would describe him? If not, why not? Sometimes we can get so busy in a relationship that we end up living parallel lives and never really connect. That’s what this book is about: connecting by understanding the uniqueness of the special man in your life and learning new ways of relating to him. It may involve learning new ways of communicating with him. Some women have said, “I’d just like to communicate in any way with my man!” You may have a quality relationship with your man and just want to step it up a notch, or you may be frustrated and discouraged and wonder if anything can be done. There is something that can be done.
U NDERSTANDABLE D IFFERENCES
What do you know about the man in your life? What do you understand about him? The phrase, “I just don’t understand that man,” is one of the most frequent statements of all statements that you hear from women. You can understand your special man. Men are not that complex, unusual or weird—they’re just different. Their bodies are different and their minds are different. They think and experience life differently from women. Some differences happen genetically and some are culturally determined. How are men different from women?

Men are not that complex, unusual or weird—they’re just different.
Just for openers:
• Men snore more
• They fight more
• They change their minds more often than women do
• Their blood is redder
• Their daylight vision is superior
• They have thicker skins and longer vocal cords
• Their metabolic rate is higher
• More of them are left-handed
• They feel pain less than women
• They age earlier (unfortunately)
• They wrinkle later
• Rich men are fatter than rich women
• Men’s immunity against disease is weaker
• Men talk about themselves less
• They worry about themselves more
• They are not as sensitive to others as women are 1
Men are constructed differently inside and out. Have you ever heard women complain about men and weight loss? “It isn’t fair! Why can my husband lose weight easier than I can? I work and work at it and it’s a struggle, but it seems to be easier for him and other men.” It’s sad but true. Men have an easier time losing weight than women do. Why? Because men’s fat is distributed differently from women’s. Men lack the layer of fat just underneath their skin that women have. They also have more muscle than women: 41 percent compared to 35 percent. The greater proportion of muscle to fat makes it easier for men to burn fat. One of the sad facts of life!
Some men like to be thought of as male machines. These men are a special breed different from women, children and other men who don’t measure up. The male machine is functional and designed mainly for work. He is programmed in a special way to tackle jobs, attack problems, override obstacles, overcome challenges and, above all, always take the offensive side. If any task is presented to him in a competitive manner, he will take it on. Winning and achieving is all the reinforcement he needs. He has relationships with other men built upon respect rather than close, intimate friendship. Intimate relationships are an enigma to him.
Does he sound familiar in part or whole? This describes some men and perhaps reflects a stereotype that is an unfair label. Even though men differ from women, they also differ among themselves.
M IXED M ESSAGES
Our society creates confusion within a man because of the mixed and numerous messages he hears about being a man. Society’s expectations for men are often in conflict, as are his own expectations for himself.

Society’s expectations for men are often in conflict, as are his own expectations for himself.
He is supposed to be “all male” and yet be “a sensitive man.” He struggles with being the strong, silent lone wolf versus being one of the guys; being the family man versus being independent and always in control; being a handyman versus being helpless.
As a man develops, he is confronted with his own personal expectations that he has developed from many sources. Yet these may not match up to who he is. A man’s roles in life—such as husband, father, son, friend, elder, deacon, professional—carry certain expectations, and there may be conflicts between some of these roles. All men have expectations of what they would like to be, but they also find inconsistencies between these expectations and what they are actually becoming.
Consider the conflicts expressed in this description:
Men are raised to take charge, but they cannot all be their own bosses.
Men are raised to be the primary providers, but they find they are now living during inflation and recession.
Men are raised to focus on achievement, but success is usually a momentary experience.
Men are raised to stand on their own, but they need support systems.
Men are raised to express “strong emotions,” but they often feel “weak” ones like fear and sadness, too.
Men are raised to be team players, but it’s often “every man for himself.”
Men are raised to be Daddy’s Big Boy, but expect to remain Mommy’s Little Man.
Men are raised to be independent, but urged to bond and nest.
Men are raised to follow their dreams, but required to be realistic about security. 2
H EART M ATTERS
The focus of this book is to describe men in order to understand them. Some women have asked, “Are all men this way or am I just crazy?” I hope that you will gain greater insights concerning men in general and the men in your life specifically. This isn’t a book to let men off the hook from their roles and responsibilities in relationships, but it is to assist women. I believe that a man is responsible for the temperature of a relationship. Biblically, he is to take the lead—especially in spiritual matters—and he is to understand his wife (see 1 Pet. 3:7) and love her as Christ loved the Church (see Eph. 5:25-33). He is to model a servant’s attitude. There is no reason today for men not to learn and know how to respond in this way. Helpful resources are abundant. Seminars are constantly being offered to help men upgrade their skills and calling.

There is hope—increasing your understanding of your man, learning new ways of responding and praying can accomplish more than you realize.
Yes, it is true. Some men need more help than others. Unfortunately, some women feel stuck in their relationship— there’s no hope that anything will ever change no matter what they do. But there is hope—increasing your understanding of your man, learning new ways of responding and praying can accomplish more than you realize.
If you would like to understand and relate to men—and allow them to be who they are to their fullest potential—ask yourself these questions:
1. What are my beliefs and stereotypes about men?
2. Do my beliefs and stereotypes limit me in allowing men to be different and unique?
3. Do I respond to men in a way that perpetuates behavior on their part, which reinforces my view of them?
4. Do I respond in any way that limits my growth and development as a woman?
5. Do I in any way reinforce men’s tendencies to use work as their source of identity?
6. If the man in my life has a relationship type or work style that bothers me, do I in any way tend to reinforce that style?
7. In any way do I suppress my own identity, assertiveness or sexuality in my relationship with my man?
8. Am I willing to upset the balance and equilibrium in a relationship with a man and create a crisis in order to bring about positive change? Growth does not usually occur for a man without some crisis to create introspection and progress.
9. Do I make it clear in my relationships with men that it is safe for them to be open and honest about their feelings with me?
10. Am I disconnected from the influence of men in my past so that I am free