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Who are the more manipulative: men or women?

Go out on to the streets in any town or city across America and ask an equal sampling of men and women for their answer to the question above. Women always win this vote.

But how do they do it? “Learning to wrap daddy around their little finger is a life skill, learned from an early age.” claim Mary T Cleary and Roy Sheppard the authors of the new book “Venus: The Dark Side”. “The true ‘Queens of Manipulation’ use unique strategies and tactics in order to get what they want. Because most of their behavior is also couvert, their victims (female co-workers, sisters, daughters, brothers, boyfriends and husbands.) are so often unaware of what is happening to them, that is, until its too late.”

Many resort to claiming to be victims, when they are in fact the aggressors. This is why Mary T Cleary describes such women as “’Traitors against their own gender’, ‘domestic terrorists’, and ‘Al Qaeda in high-heels’.

Everybody seems to know at least one of these women. Do you?

Yet talking openly about these issues is the last tabboo. In politically correct America, any criticism of ANY woman is instantly labelled as misogynisitic. “Usually by the very women with the most to hide”. Says Roy Sheppard, the book’s co-author.

For the first time, “Venus: The Dark Side” explores exactly how this small minority (but large number) of women choose their victims and how they then manipulate, deceive and abuse. They will stop at nothing to get what they want, all the while, smiling sweetly. Their abuse is often psychological. Because this is unseen, they often get away with it. And wreak havoc in the lives of millions of innocent Americans. Misusing the law by making false claims, some of a very serious nature, she often goes unchallenged.

One innocent man described his experiences at the hands of his violent wife;

“I felt a thump, but I didn’t know my wife had stabbed me in the back until I looked down and saw my shirt soaked in blood, with the tip of the kitchen knife sticking out the front of my chest.”  (The full story - pages 40-44).

Some surprising facts from the book that turn so much conventional wisdom on its head;

·         56% of all child abuse is perpetrated by the mother.

·         A biological father is statistically the least likely to abuse their children (8%)

·         After divorce, a mother’s new boyfriend often has more access to a father’s child than the father himself. These boyfriends are statistically the most likely men to abuse a child. Some judges know this – others should!

Some groups, to protect the millions of dollars they receive from Government, continue to promote the notion that men are the sole cause of domestic violence (DV). Experts know that DV is ‘gender neutral’, meaning there is almost a 50:50 split between men and women who initiate DV. “How else would you explain similar incidences of DV amongst co-habiting lesbians?” Says the book’s  co-author Roy Sheppard.

Open-minded women who have read this book in Europe, where it was first published, LOVE and rave about it. They know (too well) the women described by the authors.  This is an unsolicited email received from some concerned American parents who managed to buy a copy from Europe;

….this fantastic book.  If books like this were more widely available here in the USA years ago, perhaps our daughter and our son would have made better choices where their spouses are concerned. This book is priceless!  Thank you”. Arnold & Scharl Stewart

Another female reader described it as a ‘very very important book’.

Glenn Sacks, the US father’s rights journalist wrote: "Venus discusses an important phenomenon of the modern era - the unscrupulous woman who uses the protection of the family and criminal law systems as a way to plunder men and gain revenge against them. We hear all the time about how men take advantage of women, but the opposite is at least as common. Venus does important work in bringing that side - the 'Dark Side' to light."

Price $19.95. For more information about this book (or its British title “That Bitch: Protect Yourself Against Women with Malicious Intent”) visit www.VenusTheDarkSide.com or www.Amazon.com

Copyright  © Centre Publishing 2008

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