For those ladies out there still buying the "it was just an accident" excuse from heavy-handed boyfriends or husbands, this new study serves as a another wake-up call.

According to a Science Daily report, researchers at the University of Haifa in Israel concluded that domestic violence between couples typically occurs as a calculated decision from the inflicting partner. He or she generally knows beforehand what sort of consequences there will be and weighs it before acting out.

"The violent partner might conceive his or her behavior as a 'loss of control', but the same individual, unsurprisingly, would not lose control … Read More

What's the worst thing you could call your spouse? According to one wife, "Guantanamo" is grounds for divorce. Divorce Mediation: Is It Right for You?

The 30-year-old Saudi woman learned that her husband of 17 years had nicknamed her after the detention center (which is known for its abuse and torture) when she was scanning his cell phone contacts, says ABC News.

While this may seem unusual, Middle Eastern news site Al Arabiya says it is common for Saudi men to give their wives cell phone aliases. Among them were "criminal" ("because he says she stresses him out and … Read More

From The Guinea Pig Diaries by A.J. Jacobs. Copyright c. 2009 by A.J. Jacobs. Reprinted by permission of Simon and Schuster, Inc.

In the course of all the life experiments I do for journalism, the most common theme of the e-mails I get sent is that my wife is a saint. These e-mails are sent by readers who are in awe of Julie for putting up with my biblical beard, or for tolerating the endless stream during my year of reading the Britannica. Often, they'll say that I owe her something for the suffering I've inflicted—precious stones, perhaps.

But a … Read More

Our friends at Limelife have revealed that while Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are filming on the Eclipse set, they've begun referring to each other as, well, spouses.

Eclipse insiders have told OK! magazine that Kristen giggles to co-stars calling Robert "my husband," as in, when she's looking around for him on set, she'll ask, "Has anyone seen my husband?" Robert reciprocates by saying, "Have you met my lovely wife, Kristen?" The insider says that on set, they behave like lovestruck teenagers.

The revelation doesn't exactly shock us. … Read More

What to see something shocking? Look no further than the graphic below. Represented are the percentage of girls and women around the world aged 15–49 who believe that a husband or partner is justified in hitting wife under certain circumstances.

Jordan is at 90 percent. Ninety percent. Guinea follows, at 85.6 percent. At the other end is the Ukraine, which, at 5 percent, is the lowest of the 67 countries polled by UNICEF in a 2001-2007 survey of household attitudes towards domestic violence.

Lest you think these examples are outliers, on average, half of the female population polled responded that it's … Read More

Since their wedding in 1991, John Travolta and Kelly Preston have long been seen as one of the few Hollywood couples who stay together in good times and in bad.

But in times that are really bad, Celebitchy reports via Star magazine that the pair is struggling. Since the death of their 16-year-old son Jett on January 2 of this year the pair have been said to be coping very differently with their mourning. YourTango: How To Help A Partner Grieve

John is said to be resting in seclusion at their Florida estate—in … Read More

We came across this beat just as we were wondering what was happening in Alicia Keys' love life. Such a gorgeous, smart and talented star...why never any man since her split from Krucial? YourTango: Why Am I Still Single?

Turns out she's got a man, but he's not exactly her own. Alicia, 28, has been spotted on-and-off since late last spring with Swizz Beats, with whom she worked on Whitney Houston's new album I Look to You. Swizz Beats, whose real name is Kasseem Dean and who will turn 31 this Sunday, reportedly married … Read More

While police get to the bottom of LeAnn Rimes' car crash last week as reported by the Washington Post's Celebritology, her boyfriend's wife is conducting an investigation of her own. Celebrity Love: LeAnn Rimes Is A "Stalker" And Homewrecker?

Brandi Glanville, wife of actor Eddie Cibrian, says LeAnn is wrecking a lot of things these days including two marriages and the lives of Brandi's children with her husband, actor Eddie Cibrian. Eddie was LeAnn's co-star in the Lifetime movie Nora Roberts Northern Lights, which aired last March. LeAnn … Read More

The world is buzzing about the sex tape exhibiting Hollywood spouses Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart. People.com says Twitter is blazing with comments, and sites promising to post the video (Gawker has an edited version) are full of visitors salivating for the goods. 

This morning the two actors (he's best known as the McSteamy Dr. Mark Sloan on Grey's Anatomy, she was the Noxzema girl in the 1990s) appear to be responding through high-profile entertainment and media lawyer Marty Singer, who claims that despite the T&A and intimacy on display throughout … Read More

The bride wore white.

We're just happy she wore something. Alyssa Milano married talent agent David Bugliari this weekend in a rustic nature-themed wedding at the groom's family estate in New Jersey. Her gown was a traditional, custom-made Vera Wang number, and the event was reportedly upscale and elegant and planned by a wedding coordinator to the stars. Alyssa tweeted that it was the "Happiest. Day. Of. My. Life." and has said she wanted "wanted a wedding that was reflective of who we are as a couple." Celebrity Love: Alyssa Milano Says … Read More