European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Books John Gray Gray clears up the Mist in relationships by Abigail Goldman los Angeles times n 1984, John Gray s marriage broke up after Only two years a bad thing for a self pro fessed expert on the sexes whose livelihood was based on the relationship seminars the couple gave. Since then. Gray s professional and personal for tunes have blossomed faster than a High school Cru h.".-. Through Early september his most recent Book men Are from Mars women arc from Venus a practical guide for improving communication and getting what you want in your relationships Harper Collins 1992sold nearly 1,6 million hard cover copies. It has been on the new York times Best seller list 70 weeks and has been translated into 20 languages. His nationwide seminars Over the past 10 years have drawn More than 100,000 people Al most evenly divided be tween men and  and he has been happily married to his Sec Ond wife Bonnie Gray for nine years. They live in Mill Valley Calif. Gray 43, has ascended to self help super stardom despite nontraditional academic credentials and less than wholehearted endorsement from the psychological Community. His Success has been fuelled by word of Mouth and talk Slung appearances including four visits to the of r the workplace accounts for women making 69 cents for each Dollar earned by  Sommers does the research to show there Are no responsible data supporting such claims. The Origi Nal disseminators of such tripe when pressed often admit the data Are erroneous or fabricated. Now the idea of playing fast and Loose with the numbers is not new to politics. But Sommers asks Why these facts weren t questioned by others. Where were the newspaper reporters and the responsible academicians she wonders for much of these data Are obviously ludicrous. The cited 150,000 deaths a year from anorexia for instance is three times the annual rate of fatal car accidents the accurate number is closer to 60. But these and other figures were never scrutinized. The reason such data Are put Forth says Sommers is that gender feminists the Garden variety Man bad woman Good Type posit that men Are Rotten apples and women Are destined to permanent victim status. Gender feminists need to invent such nonsensical data pure and simple to buttress their Case. The press and the Academy eager to Back politically Correct causes go along Bonnie Erbe there she goes again my col league slamming yet another Volley across the net at the feminist establishment. But she has omitted one Small detail professor Sommers considers herself feminist too. So in putting Down women who believe in women s Equality my colleague Pooh Poohs the very essence of the person she is praising. Call me crazy but i see More than just a particle of inconsistency there. / who stole feminism makes two main Points first As Betsy notes gender feminists often distort statistics to promote their cause and second Campus feminism has in some instances gone too far. As to Sommers first claim show me any group of activists promoting any cause from the Republican party to the pro life movement or the animal rights activists and i la show you Many instances in which each has distorted the facts. I m not defending such tactics but the fact is All groups use them. As to Sommers second claim so some Campus activists have gone off the deep end. That tells me nothing has changed since Young people began at tending College in the 1600s. If you look up Campus life in the dictionary it explains the term As a phase of life during which Young people dive gleefully of the deep end. Bonnie Erbe is Host of the pcs program to the contraband Legal of no Wehof a ent