New study says only 51% of U.S. adults are married. This confirms my opinion: Marriage is obsolete.
Uh-oh, someone alert the Traditional Values Coalition, because marriage is on the decline. The percentage of married individuals in the U.S. is at a record low, with only 51% of adults 18 and over currently being hitched, according to a Pew Research Center study that came out today. This percentage is not only a drastic decline from the 72% of married adults in 1960, but it has also dropped a significant 5% between 2009 and 2010.
Intellectuals aren't as sexy as jocks, but they should be. A new study links IQ and economics.
When choosing your next romantic partner, forget about rippling muscles and an outdoorsy tan. Do something really patriotic: pick an intellectual nerd! A new set of findings, recently released online in the journal Psychological Science, suggests that intellectuals are good for the economic health of a country.
Rich women don't want to be cougars; they want George Clooney.
Conventional stereotypes say that women commit to men who can provide for a family. Since financial independence diminishes the need for a provider, wealthy women pursue younger, handsomer men who don't need to worry about supporting children. Basically, rich women are sugar mamas, while rich older women are cougars. But rich women don't want to be cougars; they want George Clooney.
Why a recession may benefit your love life and why your shoe shopping habit could hurt it.
Research is increasingly confirming that having lots of money doesn't necessarily make couples any happier. In fact, all those lotto horror stories could actually teach us something (other than that winninglottery numbers are actually a curse, thanks Lost): When it comes to our relationships, money doesn't buy happiness, but it can tear us apart.Yes, as the saying goes, "Mo money, Mo problems." So what's this have to do with your fetish for fancy footwear or penchant for designer handbags? After all, we get that a five million dollar jackpot is a little different than a few pricey additions to your closet.
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 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! Let's examine what has caused this shift in gender dynamics.
Dave Letterman's workplace affairs lead to debate about gender equality in work and love.
The David Letterman affairs-with-female-colleagues scandal has brought the nature of workplace relationships—specifically those with older, male bosses—into the spotlight. And with it, the debate about gender equality, both at work and in relationships. Yesterday, Bonnie Fuller wrote that Dave Letterman’s inner office, screw-happy shenanigans won’t likely lose him any female viewers because women have a Prince Charming complex.We'd like to think Letterman won't lose viewers because we've all become jaded about cringe-inducing sex and the entertainment industry, not because we cling to an out-dated notion of fairy-tale romance. In a world where we know more about the canoodlings of Jon Gosselin then we do about our own friends, Letterman sticking his pen in the company ink just makes us shrug, force out the mental image and move on.
Interview: the authors of "Smart Girls Marry Money," say money is more important than love.
While you may know that love usually doesn't come with a guaranteed fairy-tale ending, you probably are still holding out for, or trying to have your marriage live up to, the idea of truly passionate and romantic love. Elizabeth Ford and Daniela Drake, M.D., authors of the new release Smart Girls Marry Money: How Women Have Been Duped Into the Romantic Dream -- And How They're Paying For It, are here to change your mind, or at least tell you why "happily ever after" hasn't quite happened to them. Read: Marrying "Up"
AOL Health: Can you explain the theory that your book is based on -- the idea that women will be better off in the long run if they marry for money?
Money's role in your relationship may be greater than you realize.
"All you need is love." That's what the Beatles said, and it remains a pretty tempting. It doesn't matter how rich your husband is, right? If you love someone it doesn't matter if he's a jobless pauper—you'll make it work, somehow. Well, the Beatles didn't live through the recession of the late aughts—and some of today's women are realizing that their relationships are more dependent on money than they once believed.
The size of a man's income influences his ability to please a woman in bed.
According to an article in the London Times Online, men who make the most money are also excellent at giving women orgasms. Logically, it doesn't seem that a money would make sex better, but scientists seem to think the old cliche of women flocking to well-off men is just as much a hard-wired truism as men flocking to large breasts. We're at all times on the hunt for a mate with the "best genes." It's evolutionary Darwinism.
The latest in the "Real Housewives" franchise starts tonight.
The "Real Housewives of Atlanta" premieres on Bravo tonight at 9/8c. It's the third take on the "Real Housewives" idea—Orange County and New York were the first and second respectively. The shows follow the lives of wealthy women and their families; according to Bravo, the Atlanta version will feature five "glamorous Southern belles" who "balance motherhood, demanding careers and a fast-paced social calendar."
