February 2, 2012
During a couple’s “honeymoon phase” usually the only thing on the menu is sex. But once this phase is over and your crotch is burning from over-stimulation, perhaps you start to focus on other parts of your relationship. Maybe you even find lame excuses to say no to sex. Supposedly, this is a phenomenon unique to ...
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evolutionary theory,
excuses,
frisky,
gender,
gender norms,
home,
honeymoon phase,
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relationships,
sex,
sex drive,
sex poll,
sexual appetite,
sexual desire,
stimulation,
study,
viagra,
women
January 26, 2012
Small changes in legislation can positively affect women’s lives. Take India for example. In 1993, a law was implemented requiring that a third of all local government council seats be held by women. The hope behind the legislation was that “women’s status might improve” by putting them in positions of influence and power where they ...
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achievement,
ambition,
aspirations,
careers,
caste,
chief councilor,
childbearing,
domestic duties,
dreams,
education,
equality,
female leader,
female leaders,
gender,
gender ideologies,
Indian women,
jobs,
law,
politics,
power,
pradhan,
role model effect,
role models,
social class,
study,
untouchable,
women in politics
January 24, 2012
This phrase may be uttered more often by women than by men, and it’s not just because men are so tough and macho. Although it’s possible for men to underplay the pain they feel in the name of preserving their masculinity, researchers suggest there’s something much deeper underlying the difference between men and women when ...
Tags: back pain,
diabetes,
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gender bias,
gender gap,
gender-specific,
gender-specific testing,
gender-specific treatments,
hormones,
hypertension,
individual pain,
masculinity,
menopause,
pain,
pain levels,
pain threshold,
sensitivity,
sex hormones,
study,
women
January 24, 2012
Narcissism is characterized by vanity, a sense of entitlement, manipulation of others and an excessive love of oneself. These traits are probably familiar. But now the personality flaw has another characteristic: a health hazard. Researchers found that narcissism may be damaging to a man’s health but not to a woman’s. Undergraduate students were tested for ...
Tags: cardiovascular system,
gender,
gender expectations,
men,
narcissism,
psychology,
research,
stereotypes,
stress,
study,
vanity
January 17, 2012
Women and men, it seems, are in the same boat on the sea of fertility. As we age, the ride to parenthood gets rockier. We most often talk about women’s bodies being ticking time bombs, but just as a woman’s “fecundity and fertility starts to decline precipitously after 32, a man’s semen quality and fertility also ...
Tags: career,
children,
delayed parenthood,
family planning,
fecundity,
fertility,
insemination,
men's biological clock,
men's reproduction,
parenthood,
physical prime,
pregnancy,
reproductive consequences,
risk versus reward,
Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada,
sperm,
study,
ticking time bomb,
women's reproduction
January 5, 2012
That significant other you are living with may be as different from you as someone from outer space, according to new psychological research. A new study suggests that the personalities of men and women are dramatically different and have been underestimated in other research. The study surveyed 10,000 people using a new form of personality ...
December 29, 2011
Having a good relationship with your mom may benefit more than your emotional health. Bonding with your mom could actually keep you thin, according to a new study. After tracking 977 children, researchers found that toddlers who lacked strong emotional bonds with their mothers were twice as likely to become obese by the age of ...
Tags: bonding,
brain,
bullying,
emotional health,
emotional support,
feelings,
happiness,
motherhood,
obese,
obesity,
parenting,
physical health,
preventative measures,
relationships,
security,
self-esteem,
sensitive parenting,
sleep patterns,
stability,
stress response,
study,
teenagers,
weight
December 19, 2011
What do you know, treating people like human beings with equal rights makes them happier and healthier. No, it’s not liberal hippy nonsense. There is now a study to back it up. In states where same-sex marriage is legal, gay and bisexual men go to the doctor less often. Their health costs also go down ...
December 15, 2011
One in three women are affected by sexual assault, physical violence or stalking by a partner in their lifetime. It is a disturbing fact, and one that was widely reported on when the study came out this week. Another find of the study was left out of many news reports: the same is true for ...
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men's issues,
prevention,
relationships,
sexual abuse,
stalking,
statistics,
study,
survey,
violence
December 12, 2011
Men’s magazines are harmless, right? Zines like Nuts and Loaded are all in good fun. Men don’t really take in what is written in them. Rapists, on the other hand, are condemnable. They think differently than normal men. This is a pretty common dichotomy, but it may be very far off from the truth, according to ...