myths
Although entertaining, 'Californication' helps men think bedding every woman is plausible.
We love Californication. It's smart, funny, sexy, self-deprecating. Basically, everything we look for in a man show. And David Duchovny? What a comeback from the science department at the X-Files. Mulder did not have these skills. Read: Fringe: TV's Sexiest New Non-Couple
But like every man show, it does have its flaws. Namely, it suggests that the average guy can bag every girl he touches—a sexual Midas Touch, if you will. Because Duchovny's character, author Hank Moody, sleeps with not just one female per episode (not that unrealistic, especially for a TV show), but he sleeps with every woman … Read More
Dirty Dancing made her crush on Patrick Swayze and believe too much in fairy-tale romance.
I was 10 years old when my mother took me to the movies to see Dirty Dancing. I, like so many women, fell head over heels in love—with the movie, with the soundtrack, and most definitely with Patrick Swayze. I loved that movie so much that when I couldn't sleep at night I used to recite the movie in my head line by line.
That was the summer of 1963, when everybody called me Baby, and it didn't occur to me to mind. That was before President Kennedy was shot, before the Beatles came, when I couldn't wait to join the … Read More
Tango weighs in on Daily Bedpost's list of myths.
Last week, the Daily Bedpost posted a list of 50 statements often (but, according to them, falsely) assumed true when it comes to sex.
Below, we've listed a few examples that the Bedpost deemed mythical, along with previously published Tango articles that either support or contradict the claim.
Bedpost Myth # 4. Gentlemen should always pay for dinner.
Disagree. Though it seems counter-intuitive (and somewhat hard to swallow) to the liberated 21st-century woman, a recent survey revealed that almost 50 percent of women kinda/sorta want men to pay.
Bedpost Myth #14. Your lover should be your best … Read More