19 Rules From Sherry Argov's 'Why Men Love Bitches' That We Should All Live By

“When you treat him casually as though he’s a friend, he’ll come your way. Because he wants things to be romantic, but he also wants to be the pursuer.”

— Sherry Argov, amazon.com

“The nice girl gives away too much of herself when pleasing him regularly becomes more important than pleasing herself.”

— Sherry Argov, amazon.com

“You jump through hoops any time you repeatedly make it very obvious you’re giving your ‘all.”

— Sherry Argov, amazon.com

“Most women are starving to receive something from a man that they need to give to themselves.”

— Sherry Argov, amazon.com

“When you are always HAPPY; And he is always free to GO; He feels LUCKY.”

— Sherry Argov, amazon.com

“He’ll let a woman who becomes his doormat pay for dinner on the first couple of dates, but he wouldn’t think of it with his dreamgirl.”

— Sherry Argov, amazon.com

“Let him think he’s in control. He’ll automatically start doing things you want done because he’ll always want to look like ‘a king’ in your eyes.”

— Sherry Argov, amazon.com

“If you pull the sexual plug at the last minute, he’ll label you a tease.”

— Sherry Argov, amazon.com

“A man intuitively senses whether sexuality comes from a place of security or from a place of neediness. He knows when a woman is having sex to appease him.”

— Sherry Argov, amazon.com

“Every man wants to have sex first; whether he wants a girlfriend is something he thinks about later. By not giving him what he wants up front, you become his girlfriend without him realizing it.”

— Sherry Argov, amazon.com

“Before sex, a man isn’t thinking clearly and a woman is thinking clearly. After sex, it reverses. The man is thinking clearly and the woman isn’t.”

— Sherry Argov, amazon.com

“If a man has to wait before he sleeps with a woman, he’ll not only perceive her as more beautiful, he’ll also take time to appreciate who she is.”

— Sherry Argov, amazon.com

“He must feel that you choose to be with him, not that you need to be with him. Only then will he perceive you as an equal partner.”

— Sherry Argov, amazon.com

“More than anything else, he watches to see if you’ll be too emotionally dependent on him.”

— Sherry Argov, amazon.com

“Always give the appearance that he has plenty of space. It gets him to drop his guard.”

— Sherry Argov, amazon.com

“If you tell him you are not interested in jumping into a relationship with both feet, he will set out to try to change your mind.”

— Sherry Argov, amazon.com

“A bitch gives a man plenty of space so he doesn’t fear being trapped in a cage. Then… he sets out to trap her in his.”

— Sherry Argov, amazon.com

“Whenever a woman requires too many things from a man, he’ll resent it. Let him give what he wants to give freely; then observe who he is.”

— Sherry Argov, amazon.com

“If you smother him, he’ll go into defense mode and look for an escape route to protect his freedom.”

— Sherry Argov, amazon.com