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Love & Relationships
What Drove Man to Monogamy: It Wasn’t Love
Two new studies analyze the origin of monogamy and come up with very different answers
Why Anthony Weiner Can’t Move Past His Past
He wants to move on, and believes that he’s moved on, but can Weiner really push past his sexual misconduct? The science isn’t encouraging.
My Name Is John and I Am a Sex Addict. (Or Maybe Not)
Is it or isn’t it? A new study undermines the theory that sex addiction is a brain-based disorder similar to other addictions.
Employers: Facebook Party Pics Don’t Always Reflect Employees’ Bad Judgment
Screening potential job applicants using their Facebook posts sounds like a good way to weed out irresponsible slackers. But drunken or stoned pictures may not tell the whole story.
Let’s Spend Some Time Apart: Long-Distance Relationships Are Deeper
A study takes a closer look at why absence makes the heart grow fonder
Identity Crisis: Changing Legal Documents No Easy Task for Transgender Individuals
Cecilia Gentili couldn’t stand the looks on their faces. The looks waiting room patients would give her when a nurse called a man’s name and she stood up instead. The looks nurses would give her when they said they were …
Feeling Stressed? Then You May Become More Helpful
How did your friend get you to babysit her kids for the weekend, or your sister talk you into hosting the next book club meeting? They probably asked when you were anxious about a work project or stressed about making an …
How Not Talking About Conflict Could Help a Marriage Last
It’s a familiar mantra that marriage counselors rely upon in advising their couples — talk about conflicts and try to resolve them, rather than letting suppressed feelings fester until they poison a relationship beyond repair. …
Facebook’s Organ Donor Feature Encourages More People to Get on the List
The recent legal battle over allowing 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan, who is dying of end-stage cystic fibrosis, to be included on the adult lung transplant list sheds light on the heartbreaking need for organ donors to meet the …
Online Dating: Women Want Younger Men
Evidence shows more ladies are embracing their inner cougar.
Facebook Is OK With (Some) Mastectomy Photos
After over 20,000 people signed an online petition asking Facebook to stop censoring photos of people who have undergone mastectomies, the social network has posted its policy on the photos. Read more about it on NewsFeed, here.
Q&A: Author Dan Bergner on What Women Want (Hint: Not Monogamy)
Even Freud felt unequipped to speculate about the true nature of women’s sexual longings, but journalist Dan Bergner was bold enough to investigate what science has since learned. His new book, What Do Women Want? Adventures …