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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction: What Could He Be Thinking? | |
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| The Science of Manhood | |
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| The Nature of a Man | |
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| A Note of Gratitude | |
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| The Male Brain | |
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| What's in His Head: A Friendly Look at the Male Brain | |
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| Can We Really Know What He's Thinking? | |
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| A Friendly Look at the Male Brain | |
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| Avoiding Stereotypes | |
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| How Do We Recognize a Male Brain? | |
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| The Male-Brain Questionnaire | |
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| Bridge Brains | |
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| The Theory of Intimate Separateness | |
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| The Power of Natural Identity in Our Relationships | |
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| How Nature Answers the Question, What Is a Man? | |
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| The Despair of Men and the Core of Manhood | |
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| The Biology of Male Identity | |
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| Men Seek a Calling | |
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| The Making of a Man, from the Inside Out | |
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| Male Identity and Character Development | |
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| Bringing It All Together: Men Are on a Quest | |
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| The Future of the Male Quest: The Future of Testosterone | |
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| Bridge Brains: Exceptions to the Rule | |
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| Practicing Intimate Separateness | |
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| What Could he Really be Thinking? | |
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| What Could He Really Be Thinking ... About Feelings and Emotions | |
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| The Biology of Male Emotion | |
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| The Male Mode of Feeling | |
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| A Bottom Line: Women Trust Feelings More Than Men | |
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| Bridge Brains: Exceptions to the Rule | |
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| Practicing Intimate Separateness: Finding Power in the Nature of Emotional Life | |
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| What Could He Really Be Thinking ... About Sex and Romance? | |
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| The Biology of Sex and Romance | |
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| How Romantic Idealization Can Make or Break Lovers' Hearts | |
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| What Are Reasonable Romantic Expectations of One Another? | |
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| Bridge Brains | |
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| Practicing Intimate Separateness | |
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| Turning Romance into Commitment and Marriage | |
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| What Could He Really Be Thinking ... About Marriage and Commitment? | |
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| I Think I Love You: Men and the Biology of Commitment | |
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| The Biology of Commitment | |
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| How a Man's Relationship with His Mother Can Affect Him | |
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| Are Men the Only Ones Who Fear Commitment? | |
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| Bridge Brains | |
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| Practicing Intimate Separateness | |
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| I Know I Love You: Men and the Biology of Marriage | |
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| The Human Divorce | |
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| The Biology of Marriage | |
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| A Map for Marriage | |
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| She Says: "I Feel Fat." What Should He Do? | |
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| We Are Too Close. Can We Come to Terms with It? | |
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| Bridge Brains | |
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| Practicing Intimate Separateness: Turning Marriages Around | |
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| A Natural Optimism | |
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| What Could He Really Be Thinking ... About Home and Children? | |
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| The Male Brain at Home: Men and Women Living Together | |
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| The Biology of the Home | |
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| Why Can't He See That the House Is a Mess? | |
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| Why Can't He Load the Dishwasher the Right Way? | |
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| Would It Kill Him to Put His Laundry Away? | |
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| What Is It with Men and Their Cars? | |
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| What About That Remote Control? | |
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| Why Do Men Love to Tinker Around with Gadgets and Electronics? | |
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| Doesn't He Realize That God Is in the Details? | |
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| Bridge-Brain Men at Home | |
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| Practicing Intimate Separateness in Home Life | |
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| What a Father Knows: The Nature of Being a Dad | |
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| The Biology of Fathering | |
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| Don't Worry, Honey, the Kids'll Be Fine | |
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| Don't You Even Care How the Kids Feel? | |
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| Divorced from the Mother, but Still a Father | |
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| The Biological Role of the Father | |
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| Bridge-Brain Fathers | |
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| The Practice of Intimate Separateness | |
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| The Best Father | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Notes | |
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| About the Author | |