Men and Women

The Totally Taboo Type Of Sexual Encounter That Can Save Your Marriage

Eric Anderson, Ph.D. | Posted 05.19.2012

Eric Anderson, Ph.D.

Cheating serves as a way to meet sexual desires, with as little disruption to their emotional lives as possible.

Everything We Know About Gender Communication Is Wrong

Ekaterina Walter | Posted 05.08.2012

Ekaterina Walter

Lots of women like to chat about their feelings. Lots of men don't. But the minute we start insisting that men are this way and women are that way, we actually understand each other less.

Study: Should Men And Women Really Be Friends?

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 05.04.2012

Can men and women be friends? It's an age-old question pondered in films like "When Harry Met Sally" and the recent viral YouTube hit, "Why Men And Wo...

Why You Don't Have to Be 'More Like A Man' to Get Ahead

Kristen Houghton | Posted 04.15.2012

Kristen Houghton

You don't have to be "more like a man" to get ahead. All you need is to be a woman of conviction and strength and have faith in your own abilities.

Mars and Venus in the... Parking Garage?

Sam Sommers | Posted 04.07.2012

Sam Sommers

It's one of the perils of theorizing about sex differences: Our own expectations and intuitions get in the way. We hear about a study that reveals a significant sex gap and we immediately jump to conclusions.

How Men Can Lose - And Rediscover - Their Passion

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 03.15.2012

Mark Goulston, M.D.

Men like having sex much more than they like responsibility. And women don't mind and even like sex, but they can't stand empty promises by men to get it from them.

The Relationship Between Power And Infidelity

Sam Sommers | Posted 11.17.2011

Sam Sommers

What if the presumed sex difference in infidelity isn't as set-in-stone as we assume it is? What if power does predict unfaithfulness, but no more so for men than women?

Supporting Your Man vs. Helping Your Man

Holly Sidell | Posted 11.06.2011

Holly Sidell

I've been dating someone off and on who sometimes, like all of us, gets down. And when he does, I try to help him.

Men Will Never Truly Understand a Day in the Life of Women -- But Shouldn't We Try?

Yashar Ali | Posted 10.29.2011

Yashar Ali

The other day, my friend Dina was talking about her experiences of being catcalled--street harassment is a more accurate term--while walking around th...

I Just Need to Check My Female

James Napoli | Posted 08.02.2011

James Napoli

I've been male my entire life, and there are things you get used to. Like knowing that your nipples just aren't that exciting to anybody. Or the fact that you project your male identity onto anything that doesn't already have a gender. Like words.

What Men Lust After in July

Kate Fridkis | Posted 09.05.2011

Kate Fridkis

Last night, my brother and I were standing at the checkout counter at the CVS, buying batteries for our dad's insulin pump, and a row of magazines was...

An Epidemic of Politicians' Sex Scandals from Anthony Weiner to DSK, & Women Wonder "Why?"

Ellen Freudenheim | Posted 08.11.2011

Ellen Freudenheim

It's been quite the season for public spectacle, thanks to the penile peccadilloes of powerful politicos. In fact, it's beginning to feel like there's...

Cruising Along Sex Drive: Hazards Ahead!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 07.19.2011

Rick Horowitz

"Good morning, gentlemen. Good morning -- we're ready to get started, so if you'd all -- " "Hey, I'm sitting there!" "The hell you are!" "The hell ...

Is There A Sleep Gender Gap?

The Washington Post | Charity M. Brown | Posted 11.17.2011

By Charity M. Brown The Washington Post Call it the real night shift - that noctural period when bleary-eyed adults leave warm beds to tend to the ne...

Do Men And Women Mean The Same Thing When They Say, 'I Love You'?

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011

Tom Matlack

We long for the words "I love you" whether we are women or men. We long for the fulfillment and intimacy of relationships. But that "I love you," in order to be authentic, has to start with the person who is expressing that emotion.

The Top 5 Ways To Go From 'Dateable' To 'Mateable'

Marcy Cole, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Marcy Cole, Ph.D.

I believe that for those of you awaiting your beloved, you can experience the dating phase leading to the mating phase in a way that is reflective of your heart's deepest desires.

Tears Turn Men Off But Fail To Make Them Care

Lisa Kirchner | Posted 11.17.2011

Lisa Kirchner

Last week's gushingly reported study, "Researchers Show Women's Tears Turn Men Off!" felt like another nail in the coffin of civilization.

'Because It's Right' -- Is That All It Takes?

Marlise Karlin | Posted 11.17.2011

Marlise Karlin

When we recognize what is possible, we discover it is these small incremental shifts that have always caused evolutionary change.

10 Signs She'll Be a High Maintenance Girlfriend

Emily Bracken | Posted 05.25.2011

Emily Bracken

The Cosmo is a fruity martini enjoyed by women stuck in the 90s, Katy Perry aficionados, and those that thought Legally Blonde wasn't a movie, but a documentary about their college sorority lives.

What's Your Favorite Moment of the Day?

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011

Tom Matlack

In all my spiritual wanderings, one of the principles that's sunk in is that the past is gone and the future is yet to be. I can only be where I am in this moment. To worry about anything else is to waste energy.

The 6 (Wrong) Questions Men Love To Ask About Women

cracked.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Sometimes people ask questions that there are no right ways to answer. Sometimes they are deliberate trick questions, like, "Why is Obama afraid to sh...

Not Every Man Wants to Have Sex With Every Woman

Kate Fridkis | Posted 11.17.2011

Kate Fridkis

Giving men a monopoly on desire is just as unfair as imagining that all men have the same desires.

Gratitude in Dating (And in the Kitchen)

Jenni Schaefer | Posted 11.17.2011

Jenni Schaefer

It makes me nervous to cook for someone else -- what if they don't like what I make? -- so I have chosen not to do so, for years. But a couple of days ago I decided to take a risk and make dinner for my boyfriend's birthday.

Magazine Mythology & Why You Should Rethink What Women's Mags Tell You About Men

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 11.17.2011

Danielle Cavallucci

Headlines advising us to withhold bits of our selves to earn the right to a good relationship damage our self-esteem. Following a template won't get you what you want from a relationship.

Maybe Nice Guys Only Have One Shoe

Jenni Schaefer | Posted 11.17.2011

Jenni Schaefer

I was sitting in a coffee shop in Burbank, California the other day with my friend and colleague, Jess Weiner.* You might know Jess from her work with...