Most popular psychology books emphasize how fantastic their methods are and how much they can help you. Your faith in self-help should eventually be based on your own experience, not on research alone and certainly not on this book or, even worse, on some unfounded claim by an ostentatious writer. Simple solutions may sometimes work but that doesn't prove that human behavior is simple. There is probably a wish for things to be simple. However, you will be more accurate, in my opinion, if you assume that humans are very complicated.
Most people have no conception how complex the psychological world really is.
This over-simplification may account for astrology, for a belief that a weekend workshop will solve marital problems, for the hope that a few hours with a psychologist or psychiatrist will overcome depression, for the incredible sale of one diet book after another, etc. I'll share it with you. It should make you question quick, simple solutions for and advice about almost any human problem. Researchers have gathered ideas for preventing or handling a rape. Of course, beyond strategy, would be other considerations, such as rapist's strength, woman's self-defense skills, presence of others nearby, etc.