In conversation, Mary is more spirited than James. His background is as Yale-educated academician, with 30 years of teaching college kids human psychology. Her background is as a political activist, publicist and writer. James and Mary have been married 36 years, have lived in the same home for 30 years, have two grown sons. If there were a way to rate their decor on a testosterone scale, it would probably be higher than average.
Olympic rings decorate one wall of the living room.
On the opposite, above the fireplace, is a framed hubcap from a 1968 Oldsmobile. They won't, however, divulge their own testosterone levels. Therefore it is easy to find celebrities who appear to be high in testosterone. They claimed the book's pop title and voice undermines the seriousness of its subject. The original manuscript, which took six years to complete, so alarmed the publisher, James says, that the couple rewrote it.