# X and Why

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- Book: [X and Why](https://www.bookquiver.com/tom-whipple/x-and-why) ([X and Why.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/tom-whipple/x-and-why.md))
- Authors: [Tom Whipple](https://www.bookquiver.com/tom-whipple)
- Publisher: short_books
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-17-8072-349-5
- Published: 2018-04-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

In the last century it was argued that men are from Mars and women are from Venus - but things have moved on a long way since then. In this timely new approach to the debate, Tom Whipple travels far and wide - from a Home Counties swingers' party to a gay penguin sanctuary in Germany - and draws on the latest studies in behavioural science as well as fascinating explorations into anthropology to present a surprising tale of expectations and mismatches. If you are currently single, this book is about your place in the dating market - your successes, your failures and what they mean. If you are in a relationship, it is about why you chose the person you are with, why they chose you - and the circumstances in which either of you might put it all at risk and stray. In X and Why, Tom Whipple delves into the sexual subconscious to explain the inner workings of character and desire. It will change the way you see yourself and everyone around you.