Dr. John Gray, author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, answers a question from Ask YourTango, where readers seek out advice on love and relationships. In this segment, Gray tells all the tall, confident women out there how they can be less intimidating to men. Some tricks include finding the femininity within, and learning the difference between being needy and needing your man. Being A Little Needy Is A Good Thing

For more on Dr. John Gray, visit MarsVenusLiving.com. If you'd rather weigh in on the original question, click here. And, if you … Read More

Love experts Matt Titus and Tamsen Fadal answer a question from Ask YourTango, where users give and receive relationship advice. What to do when low self-confidence keeps you from maintaining eye contact with a person of interest? Matt and Tamsen have a few tips on how to change your mindset, reminding viewers that the guy you're interested in is never judging you as much as you're (probably) judging yourself. Attraction At First Eye Contact?

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Every year, 1.3 million women are victims of domestic violence. One of them is my sister.

At 29, Sarah is two years older than me and on the surface we are nothing alike. She is short with thick curly hair. I'm tall with stick straight hair. I have glasses; she has what our mom calls "eagle eyes." Sarah and I were close growing up. When she was seven and I was five, she took our frog, Gilly, to a pet show. When it came time to stand in front of the judges and talk about Gilly, Sarah froze. I ran … Read More

The answer as to who, in the romance equation, is pickier when it comes to selecting a mate may come down to a question of who's doing the approaching and who's being approached, regardless of gender, finds a new study from researchers at Northwestern University.

The long-held belief is that women are more selective than men when it comes to mate selection. Why?  Because females  are programmed to consider the reproductive cost of choosing a partner, in other words, what bearing and raising children with the potential partner would be like.

A new study challenges this view. Typically at … Read More

If there's one thing I've learned writing these columns, it's that you ladies have penis on the brain. Which is why I'm going to admit that my penis is so huge, so gargantuan, that when I get excited, I barely have enough skin with which to whistle. Seriously. It's like three grapefruits in a gym sock. Trash bags are my preferred prophylactic. I ain't bragging or nothin'.

Does size really matter? How do you know your vagina isn't all floppy? I knew a dude once who described sleeping with a woman as "driving a hatchback through the Lincoln Tunnel." … Read More

Weeks before I turned 19, I checked into Massachusetts General Hospital terrified that nothing could fix the way I saw myself. Two days after undergoing surgery, I stood topless in my parents' bathroom watching as my mother slowly pulled squares of medical tape spotted with puss and dried blood from my chest. I waited in Percocet-induced suspense for my flat-chested doppelganger to miraculously appear in the full-length mirror. When they were finally uncovered I hardly recognized the small puffy breasts that fit perfectly inside the palms of my hands. There were lines of stitches in rows around my nipples and … Read More

Anyone catch Megan Fox's interview with Ryan Seacrest during the Golden Globes and not have half of your heart break? I don't have the time to find it so I'll go from memory.

1)    She compared herself to Alan Alda.

2)    She referred to herself as a "tranny."

3)    She was both embarrassed AND nervous.

4)    She digs Salma Hayek's boobs.

5)    Brian Austin Green somehow had something better to do than attend the awards. 

In order, I think a comparison to Alan Alda can best be described as "meh" or a naked attempt to fish for … Read More

Come December you can't enter a Wal-Mart, fill up your gas tank or grab some grease at the food court without hearing Christmas songs, including the one about Santa checking his list (twice—we know) to see who's getting the Tiffany's and who's getting the coal. But who is this Christmas "nice girl," the one who makes cupcakes with red and green sprinkles, picks out the perfect gift for every member of her husband's family, and doesn't talk back to her mother-in-law? Who can do that? No us. But that doesn't mean we're bad girls—this isn't another madonna/whore either/or. Whether the … Read More

Washingtonian yesterday profiled an eligible DC bachelor for its "Dating Diaries" blog. Mark Drapeau (pictured, courtesy of Washingtonian), 33, was wearing jeans with his blazer and tie, and holding a rather girly-looking sidecar cocktail in his hand. In his profile, he spoke about being "over" high school by the time senior prom rolled around, his career and recent promotion at a government think tank, and "experimenting" with women outside of his race (white) and upbringing (New England) in college.

Well, apparently "Dating Diaries" readers have had enough of his kind. Since the blog posted yesterday, commenters have ripped into … Read More

I've been thinking a lot about beauty lately: construction involving saws, drills and copious amounts of dust is being done out of my apartment, so I haven't been at home. For a week, I've gone granola and lived without makeup, a blowdryer, cute outfits or more than one pair of shoes. With the exception of a hairbrush, none of the worldly possessions I've lugged around NYC in my LeSportsac overnight bag have anything to do with primping.

I realize a lot of women -- sadly -- can't imagine living like that. I never thought of myself as particularly shallow, but I've … Read More