Dateable book pdf

Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Dateable: Are You? Less than one star. This book makes me so angry I shake just thinking about it. It is so sexist! The book is basically written in a way meant to control women and keep them in their place. It makes me very sad that young girls read this and think they need to change themselves in order for boys to like them.

They are fine how they are! Guess what? This is my score on the Dateable test haha: The mystery is gone. B Less than one star. Start talking less and listening more. Let him bring up things to talk about. Ask him questions about him.

Stop talking about yourself so much. There is plenty of time for him to get to know you. Practice thinking about him and take your eyes off yourself so much. I've been in a loving relationship for two years now, and I have never had much trouble with boys.

I can talk however much I want to and if he deserves me, he will listen and love me anyway. And the whole thing with mystery disgusts me. I will be myself. I will say and do as I want, I am not going to put on an act or closely monitor myself to get a man. What happens if you follow these rules and get married? Is the guy going to go into shock because you aren't the timid, "perfect lady" he thought? And the fact that it uses religion as a reason to promote sexism is horrible. Ok, now the man's test?

Instead of being based on how attractive they are to girls because the girl test is based on the authors' ideas of what makes a girl attractive , the boy test is based on how far you will go!

It is based on sex! Like a girl needs to worry about a boy's opinion of her, but a boy simply needs to pay attention to his self-control? The implications of that are so offensive. I am also tough and brave, care to mention that? If they can't handle your lows, they don't need to be around when things are great. Ok, and really? Girls who fight are stupid and catty but boys are strong and wild??!!

Dateable girls know how to shut up. Be yourself girls. Do not change. Do not focus on how you seem to him. Be yourself! And do not let this stupid book silence you. And the cool part is that no one knows if you are confident but you. Why is this the message? Confidence is great, sure, but do not let people tell you how to act. Especially with the sole purpose of being "dateable.

God made guys as leaders. Dateable girls get that and let him do guy things, get a door, open a ketchup bottle. They relax and let guys be guys. If I need help, that's fine and dandy, but I refuse to fake weakness.

Dateable girls know that guys need to be needed. You do not need a man. Not every guy is going to be a jock who loves the great outdoors and it is harmful to spread this kind of stereotype. Being a guy is not defined by these characteristics! They fight battles, conquer lands, and stand up for the oppressed. To shut up, be gentle, and basically stay in our place, right? I am a strong woman and I refuse to be tamed.

Women can do those things too, especially stand up for the oppressed! I smile and say hi and next thing I know, some guy thinks I want to go out with him. I seriously cannot believe I am actually seeing this! Why are all the girls rules about changing to be more sexy and subtle while all the boy rules are about strength, and adventures etc.?

This book is sickening, deeply offensive, and stereotypical. Please do not read it, but if you do, do not fall for the crap it tells you. Ladies, be yourselves, do not dilute your personality or strengths for some boy. And men, be yourselves. Do not expect your girl to always be a damsel in distress. You should be with her because you love her, not because you like how she makes you feel about yourself. I could keep going, but I'll leave it at that. View all 5 comments. Apr 12, Dannielle rated it did not like it.

This book is a horrible way to teach teenagers about dating. The goods things are that it does promote dressing nice, respecting each other and things like that, but it tries to force certain roles on each gender. Things like: - Girls are home-builders and therefore are always planning weddings and naming their children and dreaming of building a life together with every boy they have a crush on.

That apparently goes against nature and ruins the whole "hard to get" chase that men want. These are taken from the book itself. Also, because of the religious bias, it immediately scares teenagers about sex and the consequences.

They are told in this book that they will get pregnant, drop out of school, get herpes, and will ultimately by turned away from their "soul mate" because they had sex outside of marriage.

Yes, these are all possible effects caused by unsafe sex, but if birth control and condoms are used, then these are less likely to occur. Instead of using truth to get to teens, it uses fear. That doesn't educate anyone. However, it's fun to read if you don't take it seriously and it's very sad to think some people believe those views.

View all 4 comments. Jun 22, Erika Andrews rated it did not like it. I had no idea from the cover or description that this book would be religious at all, and I felt that the authors shoved their ideas down my throat. I finished it to be fair, but throughout the book the authors provided sweeping generalizations about men and women that I felt had nothing to do with me or most people I know. That said, it seemed like fair advice to a more religious, anti-feminist audience. Dec 29, Rachel rated it it was ok.

A Christmas present from my aunt. There appears to be a paradigm shift in the type of books she will be giving myself and my cousins in the foreseeable future. Core values preached in the book are Christian-approved, advocating abstinence and purity. The contents of the book is filled with mostly common sense stuff about dating and particularly useful for hormonal teenagers between ages 13 and 18, who briefly lack aforementioned common sense. I actually do kind of wish I'd read this when I was 15 A Christmas present from my aunt.

I actually do kind of wish I'd read this when I was 15 when the stupid reaaaally kicked in. Then again, I probably wouldn't have listened. It's the kind of advice good Christian aunts and parents give that you've definitely heard before. In my opinion, it's useful in the sense that, taken with a grain of salt, these are emotional faux pas That said, there are some quotes that I just can't get on the same page with.

Exhibit A: The guy is in charge of the relationship. I call bullshit. And then there's, Laughter trick. Fake it. Okay honestly, who hasn't been in a situation where fake-laughing is the only polite thing to do, but fake-laughing is still fake and people can tell.

If you're going to set readers up like that, at least give them something to work with. Tell them to chuckle mildly, and then build up to sincere laughter when something is genuinely funny, or if that feels fake too, big smile with teeth and breath out sharply, works just as well as laughter. But I think the one that takes the cake is Rule of Replacement You gotta have one to get one.

If you have a girl, you can always get another. You simply become the perfect boyfriend to the one you've got and it won't be long until you can upgrade to the next. If you spend the last 83 pages preaching to girls how they deserve respect power to the woman! It's stuff like this that would've put me off reading it at You know, other than the fact that it's a "dating-for-dummies" book, I would've been 15 and known everything I needed to know already, like duh Loved the book!!

Aug 26, Adrienne rated it did not like it. This book is terrible! I mean telling young girls that no relationship they have with a guy is going to last is awful!

You should be teaching girls to love and follow Christ and wait for a guy that God wants in their life and one that is right for their life.

Not all guys are kind and nice because they want to get physical. Yes many non believer guys are that way but not all of them especially not all men of God. Some guys are kind and nice because they think highly of you and they love and hono This book is terrible! Our team will review it and, if necessary, take action. Sign in to report this app to Microsoft. Report this app to Microsoft. Report this app to Microsoft Potential violation Offensive content Child exploitation Malware or virus Privacy concerns Misleading app Poor performance.

How you found the violation and any other useful info. Submit Cancel. System Requirements Minimum Your device must meet all minimum requirements to open this product OS Windows 10 version Recommended Your device should meet these requirements for the best experience OS Windows 10 version Open in new tab.

Girls, did you know? Download ». This interactive guide takes up where Dateable left off and walks teens through the Bible's insights about men and women. Guys will learn that God loves adventure and that there's a difference between a spiritual and a physical adventure. The glass is half full. Or is the glass half empty? Either way, being 50 percent dateable ain't half bad!

Nobody's perfect, but you're damn close. Dateable women are better at making men pursue them. They're experienced at securing our interest and often a free meal. Dateable women employ a number of tactics to keep us interested. First of all, they do not give it up too easy.

Dateable to From the Harry Schoff collection.