If you're going to become a pioneer for interracial marriage, it's helpful to have the last name of Loving.

But Mildred Loving didn't like calling attention to herself for that—or the fact that she and her white husband changed history when they took their fight to make love colorblind all the way to the Supreme Court.

According to a Yahoo! News story, the couple from rural Virginia met when she was 11, he 17. When she got pregnant, at 18, they married, not realizing it was illegal—until they were arrested. They eventually … Read More

Call them "manx": Or, the male equivalent of Spanx. Those fashion-forward slimming undergarments that made it possible for the curvy among us to wear clingy jersey all last summer.

As men embrace the metrosexual movement (and, it must be noted, grow just as neurotic as us), companies are racing to keep pace with their increasing self-consciousness, and the latest innovation is muffin-top eradicating underwear for him.

Also quickly becoming known as the "mirdle"—or male girdle. Though the fashion thought police prefer that you refer to the category as "shapewear," "bodywear," or "support boxers." And … Read More

Thanks to our friends at thefrisky.com for recommending this metacafe.com video. It validates every single first date trepidation we've ever had.

It's official. According to a new study, men are clueless.

Specifically when it comes to picking up on nonverbal cues. So if you've ever tried to let a guy down gently, come on to him unsuccessfully, or wondered why he started humping your leg at hello, read on.

The guinea pigs who proved the point were a pool of 280 undergrads who viewed images of women on a computer screen, then were asked to categorize each as "friendly," "sexually interested," "sad," or "rejecting."

According to researchers at the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University, women got the … Read More

There's been a lot of talk lately about what constitutes $4,000 sex. And the question that still seems to be haunting women—long after l'affaire Spitzer has fizzled—is: one diamond, two diamond, three diamond, four—what's so special about bedding a whore?

And what it is about Ashley Dupre in particular?

After careful analysis, we've concluded: Not much. Which is why we've rounded up everything you need to unleash your inner hooker. Not that we're suggesting you turn tricks. (No, not even if you don't wind up getting a tax refund.) After all, we can all … Read More

Who pays on a first date? Even in 2008, it's a loaded issue—and not in the sense of whether the guy you're out with is or isn't. Even among experienced daters, deciding who should pick up the check stirs up complicated emotions.In the video above, Tango asked a few ordinary civilians—and recently ELLE/MSNBC.com did too, in the form of their sex and money survey. 74,000 respondees, and still no definitive answer. But according to Piper Weiss, in today's Daily News, a few interesting themes did emerge.

According to the poll:

-2/3 of men want to split the tab.

-More … Read More

It's a humdinger all right. After all, our day jobs exist because we know relationships are complicated.

Take this week: Just when you think you've deep-sixed one seriously depraved New York politician, accusations arise that another was not only secretly gay, but, oh by the way, he and his wife were having threesomes with his driver long before he ever came out. (Not that that in itself is necessarily depraved.) Hmm.

Like we said, love rarely resembles a 50's sitcom. And we don't pretend to know what Silda should do with her Eliot, which is … Read More

My many-hyphenate friend Maria—a Chinese-Cuban artiste-fashionista—emailed yesterday with an 11th-hour relationship dilemma:

Re: Help

What are some good topics or questions I can ask during a date if it goes into that awkward silence moment? I'm going out with a Wall Street type, and I'm sure he knows nothing of Latin art and fashion, and I definitely don't know crap about money!

A quick survey of the tangomag.com offices turned up the following:

Sports: What's his favorite hometown team? News: Was what Spitzer did amoral or perfectly normal? Ego Boost: Can he explain … Read More

It's been a depressing week in relationship news. Not that one philandering neanderthal is enough to dampen our optimistic hearts, but it has made for some heavy-hearted coverage. Consider: Why Men Buy Sex, My Boyfriend Cheated On Me With Hookers, and whether women feeling lackluster about giving blowjobs could really be to blame?

Maybe that's why we were all ready for a love-related time out. I found it in the form of an email from my Australian friend, Georgia, begging me to take the What's Your Dating Persona? quiz on okcupid.com. … Read More

According to Dr. Teela Sanders, a senior lecturer at the University of Leeds, and the author of Paying For Pleasure: Men Who Buy Sex, nearly one in three men will buy sex at some point in his life. . .  and we're not talking porn. Below, Sanders offers some provocative ideas on why that's the case—and what you need to know about it.

What prompted you to write this book in particular? Generally my area has been in the sex industry—my first book was about studying women working as escorts, looking at how they manage risk, the … Read More