'Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are!'

"Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are!" by Irvin S. Cobb and Mary Roberts Rinehart is a funny assortment of writings from the early 1900s that pokes fun at what makes women and men tick. With a playful attitude, the book looks at how society expects us to act and the funny little things we do every day. In the first part, Cobb jokingly looks at women's habits, especially how they shop and act around each other, pointing out how they sometimes don't notice what's going on around them but are always polite to each other, this is contrasted by how men are much more direct and simple. Rinehart chimes in by making light of how men act and the silliness of the rules in a world run by men. In the end, the writings offer a good-natured and smart look at what each gender is good at and bad at, concluding that understanding these differences is key to getting along, all the while keeping things light and amusing.