In Maureen Dowd's book 'Are Men Necessary?', she says that in the effort of learning to compete in the men's world, women eventually have learned that they get farther by using their innate natures, and it is no longer chic to be 'one of the boys' in the struggle to get ahead. In return, however, she says, men are now using feminine tactics.

On Page 90, she says:

"Politics, after all, is rife with male diva fits, mud wrestling, gossipmongering, feline backbiting, teary confessions amd grooming obsessions. (And this happens all over the world; look at les luttes de chats among Eiuropean leaders over who would have the best plumbers in the European Union and who would have the best restaurants for the 2012 Olympic site.)

"Men are engaging in shrewish, scolding, clawing, vengeful, sneaky, vain behavior that is anything but reasonable and impersonal. Women are affected by lunar tides only once a month; men have raging hormones every day."

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