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Why are men no longer the primary breadwinners?
Major gender role changes are afoot, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. Men are increasingly marrying women who earn more money or have more education than them. The numbers say it all: In 1970, 4% of wives earned more than their husbands; In 2007, 22% did. Good job ladies!
Between 1970 and now, household incomes went up by 60% for married people and for single women; by contrast, single men only saw a 16% rise in household income. That's a pretty big gap, and it's happening for a number of reasons.
First of all, more women … Read More
We think some couples want to upgrade marriages like they do iPhones.
Ross Douthat wrote an interesting Op-Ed piece in the The New York Times titled "The Way We Love Now" which analyzes the state of love, marriage and romantic contentment in 2009. Douthat wonders if we as a society have morphed into a culture of bed-hopping, cheating hearts and sexless, impossibly unsatisfied curmudgeons. Cheating Myths Debunked
Oh, lucky us! Both sound so appetizing!
These two really attractive and glamorous options are epitomized, he says, by the philandering Jon Gosselin, Mark Sanford, and Mel Gibson, versus a more stable (albeit bored) nuclear family of stifled everyday wives … Read More
Times are tough and, these days, jobs are lost as regularly as kids lose their baby teeth. In a relationship, when one partner becomes unemployed, it can be a challenge to stay upbeat and supportive.
One YourTango user came to us for advice on the matter. We asked the experts behind our new video series Still Life Love Advice to tell us: how do you save money and your relationship when your love gets laid off?
For more on the subject, read 10 Tips For Saving A Marriage After Job Loss.
Does your love life need advice? Send your … Read More
If you could go back in time, what would you tell yourself? Don't sleep with him? Tell him you love him? Have protected sex? The LoveFeed discusses Essence.com's article on what advice women would give to their younger selves.
Sex ed is now compulsory in British schools. Why not in the U.S., too?
The country that brought loopy eyeliner, messy beehive hairdos and people named "Posh" and "Becks" to American culture has finally come up with something reasonable. Let's hope this one gets imported -- right, mate?
Sex education will now be obligatory for public school students in Britain in order to address the teen pregnancy rate, says Schools Minister Jim Knight. Britain, which has the highest teen pregnancy rate in Western Europe, decided nine years ago to cut the teen pregnancy rate in half by 2010. Compulsory sex ed is one step in its master plan -- and … Read More
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Singapore’s got its eye on the prize: In an effort to raise a low birth rate, the government has introduced a course entitled, “Understanding Relationships: Love and Sexuality.” The class is taught by the Social Development Agency (Singapore’s match-making agency) and covers topics such as love song analysis, speed dating, and online chatting.
Where do we enroll? We can think of a few exBFs that could learn a thing or two…
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Apparently, no sex makes a miner bad at his job. But what happens when his...
From The Sidney Morning Herald
By Kate Benson
MENTION extra-virgin olive oil to a room full of burly coalminers and there are snickers, but when the subject turns to cranky, menopausal wives rejecting their advances, it's no laughing matter.
Hundreds of men at the Bulga mine in the Hunter Valley have been attending classes on menopause and foreplay - because, according to management, a sexless miner "can get mighty grumpy at work" and affect production.
And the men, aged from 20 to 60, have been transfixed, asking why women menstruate and seeking tips on how they can "explore the wife … Read More
