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Where’s the empathy for older men who are childless?

Posted in Aging, Children, Expectations, Family, Fathers, Men, Midlife, Parenting, Relationships, Singles, Stereotypes on Jul 9th, 2019

Men who are childless at midlife aren’t given the same empathy as women. Why?

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Kids and marriage don’t always lead to happiness

Posted in Children, Expectations, Happiness, Marital plan, Marriage, Relationship contract, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Singles, Women on May 28th, 2019

Unmarried and child-free women are the happiest people. Or so says Paul Dolan, a professor of behavioral science at the London School of Economics. Married people are happier than other population subgroups, but only when their spouse is in the room when they’re asked how happy they are. When the spouse is not present: fucking […]

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Even our presidential hopefuls don’t have ‘traditional’ families

Posted in Family, LGBT, Marriage, Politics, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Single parents, Singles on Apr 9th, 2019

The variations on a theme of family our would-be Democratic presidents are presenting can only help those who have chosen a similar path — or would like to.

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Young men may not be having sex, but young women are

Posted in Expectations, Men, Millennials, Needs, Relationships, Sex, Singles, Women on Apr 2nd, 2019

More young men than ever aren’t having sex, but young women seem to be doing just fine. Are women finally embracing their sexuality and casual sex?

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AOC, a true millennial when it comes to marriage and kids

Posted in Children, Cohabitation, Coupledom, Expectations, Marriage, Millennials, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Singles, Women on Mar 5th, 2019

What are we to make of a feisty, smart, independent 29-year-old Latina like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? Well, we’re probably going to wonder about her romantic love life.

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The struggles of being a poor single mom in America

Posted in Caregiving, Children, Expectations, Family, Needs, Parenting, Politics, Single parents, Singles, Stereotypes, Women, Work on Feb 12th, 2019

If conservatives continue to tell women not to have abortions, how will society support those women when they actually listen to them? Because they’re going to need that help.

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Presidential hopefuls Cory Booker and Kamala Harris’ love life doesn’t matter

Posted in Coupledom, Dating, Expectations, Marriage, Men, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Sex, Singles, Stereotypes, Women on Feb 5th, 2019

Presidential candidate Cory Booker has never been married while presidential candidate Kamala Harris once dated a powerful politician. Why are we still questioning the romantic choices of single people?

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It’s OK if Yann Moix wants younger women

Posted in Aging, Beauty, Dating, Expectations, Men, Midlife, Relationships, Sex, Singles, Women on Jan 8th, 2019

French actor Yann Moix caused a stir when he said women his age are “invisible to him.” While that may be sexist and ageist, don’t we all want to be attracted to whom we’re attracted to without judgment?

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Patti Smith, Ralph Fiennes and our obsession with coupledom

Posted in Coupledom, Dating, Love, Relationships, Romantic relationships, Singles, Stereotypes on Dec 25th, 2018

The world discovered last week that singer-songwriter-poet-visual artist extraordinaire Patti Smith and actor-producer-director extraordinaire Ralph Fiennes are dating. Well, maybe. All we know for certain is that they certainly are good friends for a long time, and have only been spoken of as good friends. But when Smith posted a loving tribute to Fiennes on […]

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Dear men, sometimes women just want sex for themselves

Posted in Consensual nonmonogamy, Expectations, Men, Needs, Relationships, Sex, Singles, Women on Oct 30th, 2018

#MeToo stories have been dominating the news for the past year, and many men are exploring their own behavior toward women and what masculinity means to them — all necessary discussions. Women, men are finally beginning to understand, have sexual agency. But based on a discussion I had with a 52-year-old man I had just […]

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