BOSTON -- A New York Times columnist created quite a stir with her recently published book "Are Men Necessary?"

NewsCenter 5's Liz Brunner reported Tuesday that most women would probably say, well, actually, yes they are. But there's no doubt the strong, independent female could do without the games some men play.

In a new book, a Connecticut psychotherapist identifies those gentlemen, a subset of the male species she calls "drama kings"

Do you think he's just not that into you? Maybe he's not into anybody. That's the premise of author Dalma Heyn's book "Drama Kings: The Men Who Drive Strong Women Crazy."

"If you are exhausted, lonely, beating your head against the wall, to make a connection with these men, know it, get out, if you really want a relationship," she said.

In countless interviews with women, Heyn discovered an odd coupling -- strong, accomplished women pairing up with what she calls relationship-impaired men.

"These are men who devour women's energy," she said.

Who are these masked men? Heyn names names

First, there's the Visitor.

"He treats women like they're bed and breakfasts, they check in and check out," she said.

Then there's the proprietor.

"A controlling, possessive and paranoid man," Heyn said.

There's the Easy-Going Guy.

"Seems very attractive and easy. He will never ever commit," she said.

There's the Feeling Impaired Guy

"A microwave man, very warm on the outside, frozen on the inside," Heyn said.

Finally, there's the Hit-And-Run Lover.

"He has the itch to ditch," Heyn said.

"My boyfriend just moved to France. He equates marriage with death, basically," one woman said.

"I think nowadays, women are staying single longer because you don't want to waste your time with the wrong person. I think women date smarter," another woman said.

Heyn says they can afford to. Single households are fast becoming the country's new majority.

"There's been a cataclysmic social change. That increasingly, strong, middle-class women don't need men, that doesn't mean they don't want them," Heyn said.

But drama kings need not apply.

"I don't have to have to have a hostile, toxic relationship in order to be loved by the culture," Heyn said.