The book that sold more than 30 million copies and has been translated into 40 languages argues that men and women have different emotional needs, and that misunderstandings between the sexes are the result.

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Boys and men, it turns out, have the same emotional and social capacities and needs as girls and women.

FORBES: Venus, Mars and Myth Of Gender Stereotypes

The guerrillas have repeatedly outwitted it in the past 12 months, and lamentation that it needs more men and more weapons cannot explain that away.

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For example, it says there needs to be a scaling up of efforts to offer circumcision to men, which trials have shown is effective in preventing some new infections.

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The survey also demonstrated that men were keen to have a greater involvement in the responsibility for contraception and took into account their partner's needs.

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