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...PIGS: THE UNTOLD STORY by Peter Wyden Simon & Schuster; 352 pages...
...wife Ann. The Bartells were looking for people to take part in a study of group sex. The results of that three-year study were published in a refreshingly unclinical book called Group Sex: A Scientist's Eyewitness Report on the American Way of Swinging (Peter H. Wyden...
...Miss Craig's 21-Day Shape-Up Program for Men and Women, Craig (3) 6. The Arms of Krupp, Manchester (8) 7. Instant Replay, Kramer (5) 8. The Trouble with Lawyers, Bloom 9. The Day Kennedy Was Shot, Bishop (7) 10. The Intimate Enemy, Bach and Wyden...
...your day, dear?" Wife (pleasantly): "O.K. How was yours?" Husband: "Oh, you know, the usual." When disagreements loom, they take refuge in the newspaper, TV or "etiquette-upmanship," a self-righteous silent treatment rationalized by the thought that self-control is more virtuous than disagreement. Argue Authors Bach and Wyden: "A marriage that operates on the after-you-my-dear-Al-phonse principle may last a lifetime-a lifetime of fake accommodation, monotony, self-deception and contempt...
...maddening self-consciousness of Bach's techniques wears away, he and Wyden say, as couples master the art of intimate battle. "Our system is not a sport like boxing," the authors write. "It is more like a cooperative skill, such as dancing." But they warn that "with acquaintances, clients or 'dates,' a bad fight can be final." And although the technique is rooted in the footnotes of wide scholarship, Bach himself admits that some responsible critics worry that the method is too superficial and only skims the surface of deeper problems...