"A startling book full of jaw-dropping
insights into the real reasons that young men and
women are having a harder time than ever before
committing to a relationship
How many times
have you or someone you care about wondered: Why am
I still single? Is it me, or is it them? Unhooked
Generation answers those questions with
important discoveries about the unique challenges
faced by today’s young men and women. It shouldn’t
be surprising that we’re still single -- it’s a
miracle when we can make it work. Here are just a
few of this generation’s stumbling blocks:
- The
checklist - the secret set of requirements that
men and women use to measure each prospective date.
Is he tall enough/rich enough? Is she pretty enough/flexible
enough? Does he/she like sports too much or not
enough? Like your dog?
- The DTR - Have you "Defined The
Relationship"? Had "The Talk"? It’s when you ask
where the relationship is going -- and it strikes
fear into most hearts.
- Settling - When is it compromise and when
is it giving in? -- To this generation, those
concepts are often synonymous.
- Consumer sex - Sex is a powerful commodity,
and this generation has separated it from commitment
while ignoring the long-term consequences.
Based on
interviews with one hundred men and women across the
country, Unhooked Generation offers a
page-turning analysis of what is keeping this
generation unhooked -- and a sharp, concrete final
chapter that explains how we can happily change
course."
Pressestimmen
"Die amerikanische Autorin Jillian
Straus führte mit 100 Singles unter 40 Jahren - der
so genannten Generation X - Interviews über
Beziehungswünsche und Lebenspläne und stellte fest:
viele Singles verhalten sich beziehungsvermeidend,
weil sie durch neue gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen
beeinflusst sind, die ein Paarleben erschweren.
Sieben Beziehungshürden konnte Straus
identifizieren"
(Susie Reinhard in der Psychologie
Heute, April 2007)
