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Guys Explain the Common Catcall

Anna North — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:30:00 EST

Welcome back to Guysourcing, where a panel of helpful gentlemen answer your questions! This week, again by reader request, we asked, "how do you feel about men who catcall at women? Have you ever done it? If so, why? Do you understand why other men do it?" Read on for the guys' responses. More »

How Guys Feel About Sex With Virgins

Anna North — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:00:00 EST

Welcome back to Guysourcing, where a panel of helpful gentlemen answer your questions! This week, by reader request, we posed this question: "What are your thoughts about having sex with virgins? Would you have sex with a virgin at your current age, assuming you were single? If yes, how and when would you like to be told that someone you were dating was a virgin? And how have your sexual encounters with virgins (when you weren't one yourself) differed — if at all — from sex with more experienced partners?" Below, guys answer. More »

The 8 Best Sexy Guy Calendars Of 2012

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:05:00 EST

You better be careful when choosing a hot-dude calendar because, unlike real life sexy men, you have to keep it around for a whole year. The good news is that sexy men calendar makers are starting to catch on that what women like more than sexy men is humor and, above all, cute animals. More »

Dudes, Bettys, Ladies, And Men: The Gender Categories Of Online Retail

Anna North — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:40:00 EST

A tipster recently wrote to tell us that Forever 21 didn't divide its wares into "men's" and "women's" categories — rather, its clothes were for "men" or "girls." We decided to investigate — and to take a look at what its competitors call their male and female customers. Below, a breakdown. More »

Guys Let Loose About Their Tears

Anna North — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:00:00 EST

Welcome back to Guysourcing, where a panel of helpful gentlemen answer your questions! This week, at the request of a reader, we asked guys, "do you ever cry, and if so, what makes you cry? When/where is it okay for you to cry? When/where is it definitely not okay? How does crying make you feel and how do you deal with it?" Below, they respond. More »

Men's Love-Hate Relationship With Condoms

Anna North — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:30:00 EST

Welcome back to Guysourcing, where a panel of helpful gentlemen answer your questions! This week's question was the following: "how do you feel about condoms? Do you like them, hate them, feel neutral? Do you strongly prefer sex without them, or not so much? Do you have a favorite type or brand, and if so why? And have your feelings about condoms changed over time?" Read on for our guysourced answers. More »

Dudes Speak Up About Going Down

Anna North — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:30:00 EST

Welcome back to Guysourcing, where a panel of helpful gentlemen answer your questions! This week, inspired by a reader's inquiry, we asked guys, "I want to know what guys actually think about when giving oral sex. What do you notice? What do you not notice at all? Did you enjoy doing it initially, or is it something you learned to like?" We asked dudes of varying sexual orientations, but as it happened, the ones who responded talked about going down on ladies. Here's what they said: More »

What Do Guys Dream About?

Anna North — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:00:00 EDT

Welcome back to Guysourcing, where a panel of helpful gentlemen answer your questions! More »

Five Useful Facts About A Man's Tender Heart

Anna North — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:45:00 EDT

Amber Madison traveled the country asking straight single men to fill out a questionnaire about sex, love, dating, and relationships. She learned that men are much less dickish than pop culture would have you believe — but many of them aren't above lying for sex. More »

Guys Open Up About Fighting

Anna North — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:00:00 EDT

Welcome back to Guysourcing, where a panel of helpful gentlemen answer your questions. This week's question was the following: "When was the last time you got into a physical fight? What was it about and how did it end? Would you fight again — and if so, what would make you fight? And do you think being willing/able to fight is an important part of masculinity?" Read on for guys' responses. More »

Dudes Tell All About Their Balls

Anna North — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:50:00 EDT

Welcome back to Guysourcing, where a panel of helpful gentlemen answer your questions. This week's question concerns something many readers have questions about: balls. We asked dudes, "What do your balls like, and what do they hate? Do they respond to emotional stimuli like fear? Do you like to have partners touch or lick them? Anything surprising ladies should know about your balls?" Here's how they responded. More »

Do Guys Talk About Their Problems?

Anna North — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:00:00 EDT

Welcome back to Guysourcing, where a panel of helpful gentlemen answer your questions. This week's question is ripped from the headlines: Do you talk about your problems? Why or why not? And if so, who do you choose to talk to? More »

How Guys Lost Their Virginity

Anna North — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:00:00 EDT

Welcome back to Guysourcing, where a panel of helpful gentlemen answer your questions. This week, guys responded to a reader's request: "I want your 'How and Why I Lost My Virginity' stories." Let the tales of deflowering begin! More »

The Aha Moment In A Dude's Sexual Development

Anna North — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:40:00 EDT

Welcome to the first edition of Guysourcing, where a panel of helpful gentlemen answer and your questions. This week, we're starting with sexuality — specifically, if a dude identifies with a specific orientation, when and how did that come about? More »

Breaking: White Dudes Are Running Shit

Irin Carmon — Wed, 18 May 2011 13:00:00 EDT

It's true — there are Caucasian people with penises who are in charge of things! But these powerful individuals are not simply males or men...they're dudes. Prepare to have your mind blown. More »

Marriage Makes Men Nicer, But!

Lauri Apple — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:50:40 EST

A study of almost 300 sets of male twins born in the 1970s concludes that boys who'd been outgoing as teens were more likely to wed than the antisocial kids. And the nice guys become even nicer with time. But! More »

Sunday Thighlights: Dirty Thoughts Courtesy Of Bath

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:55:00 EST

BATH, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 21: Saracens player Owen Farrell in action during the Aviva Premiership game between Bath and Saracens at Recreation Ground on November 21, 2010 in Bath, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Privilege-Denying Dude Pulled Off Tumblr

Lauri Apple — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:56:56 EST

What sadness! Like a beautiful shooting star whose light burns out too soon, the Privilege Denying Dude Tumblr is no more. Its creator says Tumblr suspended it for "extensive copyright violation." She wonders if there's more to the story. More »

Is Ryan Reynolds Really The Sexiest Man Alive?

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:52:00 EST

People magazine has named Ryan Reynolds as the Sexiest Man Alive, and yet did not use a picture of him shirtless on the cover. WTF. More »

Privilege-Denying Dude Knows That "Deep Down" You're Bisexual

Irin Carmon — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:02:00 EST

We love this new Privilege Denying Dude Tumblr, which is going to sound awfully familiar to our readers, or anyone who's tried to discuss this stuff. And you can make your own! More »

Ask Men Has 12 Ways To Steal Your Heart, Ladies

Hortense Smith — Sat, 29 May 2010 16:30:00 EDT

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Perhaps the only thing more irritating than a Game-playing bro is the shit he reads to prepare him for a hot night of mindfuckery and general douchiness, like this one, courtesy of Ask Men: More »

Want A Raise? Talk To A Dude!

Lindsay Robertson — Sun, 16 May 2010 14:45:24 EDT

The New York Times today provides women with detailed advice for asking for a raise. It also hints at a negotiation secret you might not have heard before. Male friends have a whole new use! More »

Bro-etry: A Man Tells Us How To Fix Our Lives In Verse

Hortense Smith — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:40:00 EST

The Times of London has a somewhat irritating series titled "The Trouble With Women," which gives a platform to a new dude each week so he can complain about the lady-folk. This week, we have a "poet" named Andy. More »

Dude, Where's My Vocabulary?

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:20:00 EDT

Is dude the most versatile word in the English language? Esquire thinks so, and to prove it, Erik Price collected YouTube clips of situations that require a well-placed dude. We still like fuck better. [Esquire] More »

Field Guide To Guys: L'Homme Fatal

Sadie Stein — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:00:00 EST

The NY Observer has put a name to yet another regrettable male archetype: L'Homme Fatal. This unassuming guy will lure you in with his self-deprecating charm and flattering attention - all to fuel his romance addiction. More »

“I Haven’t Asked Them, But I’m Sure Women Like Looking At A Man’s Calves, Or If A Man Has Them, Nice Ankles…"

Moe — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:45:00 EDT

Yeah, maybe you should ask, dude, because the same way dudes tend to hate such trendhumperana as Pocahontas headbands and high-waisted acid washed jeans, we hate it when dudes wear clothes that send the message, as my friend Don would say, "I just don't get called 'faggot' by strangers enough." See more gross shorts ensembles by clicking on the picture. (Full disclosure: I have a thing against shorts.) (Full disclosure: I also happen to be wearing shorts.) [NY Times] More »

What Doesn't Change Stays The Same

Megan Carpentier — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:30:00 EDT

Nixon may still be dead, but some things in life do have to change. Our hangovers, though, don't have to! Nor does our obsession with economics, David Brooks, debtor culture, whether we should really like Cindy McCain, fake interviews, Condi's exercise regimen, our hatred for Karl Rove and Ken Paves' competition. All that, plus what will be changing, is all after jump if you can to join me and Moe, of course! More »

"Bartender's Guide To Chicks" Will Drive Any Woman To Drink

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:30:00 EDT

In ancient, pre-historic times, humans most likely gathered around a lake or pond to hydrate… and say things like, "Come here often?" The watering hole has always been a part of the mating ritual, and today's "bar scene" is no exception. Men's Health has a "bartender's guide to happy-hour hookups," in which the author, Chris Connolly, announces: "Bartenders are the coolest." Really? Cooler than Nobel prize winners, firemen, rock stars and UFC fighters? Good to know! Anyway, Connolly hangs out with Andrew, "the coolest bartender at the coolest bar" in his San Diego neighborhood and gleans six tips for picking up women in a bar. And really, he should have stopped after Tip #1, which is "Don't Be A Dick." Enough said, right? More »

Dudes Today: The Emotional Conquistador Is The New Sexual Conquistador

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:00:00 EDT

I think one of the biggest threats facing sexually-liberated women today is the Emotional Conquistador. It's become blatantly obvious to me in recent months that the power struggle between the sexes is still at play, but because the interactions in heterosexual relationships have shifted-with women taking a more aggressive approach to their sexual satisfaction, and becoming more adroit at compartmentalizing the physical from the emotional-we're now dealing with certain (insecure?) men who still have this innate need to take the upper hand. With the age-old option of sexual conquering removed from the equation, this male faction has been reduced to finding new ways to subjugate women, in order to feel better about themselves. So lately, guys have been trying to talk their way into receiving "feelings" instead of fellatio. Because, at the end of the day, they really want their egos stroked more than their dicks. After the jump, a cautionary tale. More »

Some Of My Best Friends Are Dudes

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:00:00 EDT

In an article for the Washington Post, Brett Krutzsch writes about being a bridesman. Not a groom, not a best man, not a bridesmaid; the best friend of a girl getting married. Who happens to be a dude. "I was her Will, she my Grace," Krutzsch explains. "We shared interests in theater, East Village wine bars and overpriced denim." Yeah, Krutzsch is gay. And his friend, Sara, asked him to be a bridesmaid. "I thought I would be a trailblazer as bridesman, but no fuss was made," he says. "The photographer never mistakenly put me in line with the groomsmen, and not one guest asked what it felt like to be a bridesmaid. The liberal New York crowd, however, wasn't remotely fazed by my nontraditional role. They didn't even blink when [my boyfriend] and I danced together at the reception." I don't know who this Sara person is, but I do know one thing: If I ever have a wedding, there will be a posse of guys on my side of the altar. And not because I'm a copycat. More »

Dimitri The Lover's History Of Sexual Assault, Weapons Stockpiling And Psychiatric Evaluations

Moe — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:40:00 EDT

Oh god, here goes. You know how we sort of stopped wanting to hear about Paul Janka when he officially became an accused sex assailant (or actually, come to think of it, when he assaulted me a few months before that?) Well, over the course of a day Dimitri the creep behind a couple fake-seemingly funny voicemails revealed himself to be Dimitri the douchebag with disciples, who revealed himself to be Dmitri a.k.a. James Sears. And yeah, if all the "there's nothing wrong with me" talk on his voicemail wasn't a red enough flag for you, maybe the 1986 concern of the military psychiatrist who evaluated him during his enlistment in the Canadian Army that there was "something seriously wrong" with him is? But don't take it from those shrinks; his psychiatric evaluation when he went to med school states that he got drunk and high on call, made "numerous random and obsessive telephone calls" to women during which he would (only sometimes) jerk off, and was generally immature and narcissistic - but not enough to deny him a medical license. More »

How The He's Just Not That Into You Guy Actually Helped Me Get Over My (Married) (Strip Club DJ) Ex-Boyfriend

Moe — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:30:00 EDT

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Tormented? Driven witless? 99 problems but therapy bills ain't one? Welcome to "Save Your Life, Cheap!" in which we write about the dumb things that get America's uninsured through hard times. AA meetings, James Joyce, Ani di Franco, suicide hotlines…anything nonalcoholic can apply, the more embarrassing the better. Which brings me to: self-help. In our first installment, Sephora Spy's Loren Hunt reviews the $1 book that got her through the worst breakup ever.

I Have A Crush On Vanity Fair's Vow To Vanquish The "Man Crush"

Moe — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:30:00 EDT

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Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen is one of those guys who did some drug in the sixties that left him with a permanently enlarged Id. (Also: Does it sometime seem like former hippies who still have all their hair also retained their wholly undeserved level arrogance of their youths?) Anyway I never really paid attention to Richard Cohen, for reasons that now seem obvious, but we're glad Vanity Fair's James Wolcott did, because Richard Cohen's massive hardon for John McCain became the subject of an entertaining piece on the sickening spectacle that is the Man Crush. Not so! Richard Cohen whined yesterday. It's about VALOR AND INTEGRITY! And sticking to one's values and beliefs until death. Did I mention this guy broke up Peter Jennings' first marriage? Anyway, yesterday Wolcott struck back on his blog. AWESOMELY: More »

Meet Chris, Scruffy British Everydouche. He Interviewed All His Ex-Girlfriends For A Documentary. Turns Out They're Still Scarred!

Moe — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:00:00 EDT

I am fairly certain Chris Waitt is an incorrigible douchebag but I will pay to see his movie anyway because he has done something horrendously cynical and at once infuriatingly smart/totally obvious, which is to say: he went back and interviewed all his ex-girlfriends to ask why they kept dumping him and made it into a movie called A Complete History Of My Sexual Failures— trailer after the jump — which is out next week in… London. (But you can, um, upload a Facebook widget at the website!) Anyway, the point is, it seems all Chris's girlfriends dumped him for the same reason, because at some point everyone wearies of waiting around for the satisfaction of being dumped, and when you get to that point you're generally too busy trying to decide whether to target your contempt at yourself/him to even think to articulate any specific grievances for the sake of hearing yourself talk. So Chris goes back to hear what they would have said. (And also get spanked by a dominatrix.) Most of them blocked it out obviously! "All I remember is…you were a jerk," says this one, adding semi-poignantly: More »

Um, so "Vows" this weekend…between the...

Moe — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:45:00 EDT

Um, so "Vows" this weekend…between the word "excruciating" and the surveying everyone on "how they knew"… and the fact that this guy couldn't even figure out how he felt about this woman after 17 months in Africa I think it is safe to say it was the most depressing thing ever. (Fine, "ever" in that section.) Is Jonathon (spelling: what's with?) just gay? Or is it common for dudes to act like this? Discuss. [NYT] More »

Is There Anything More Painful Than Watching A Dude "Mancrush" On Another Dude?

Moe — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Next month's Vanity Fair's examines the horror wreaked by the "man crush" upon our civilization in recent years: apparently Karl Rove formed a Man Crush on George W. Bush, who in turn nursed a mutual man crush on Tony Blair. Less disastrously, Nicolson Baker had a hardon for Updike. Every male member of the Washington press corps has crushed on John McCain just like every vaguely nebbishy college dude crushes on Obama and every pro-capitalist business journalist crushes on Jack Welch. (Oh yeah, and every guy also crushes on Tom Brady.) My friend Steve forms man crushes so frequently he has a standard line for when he's telling me about a new one: "And then we split a Luna bar." Which made me wonder: Women, you know, get girlcrushes all the time and it's no deal. So what is it about the man crush that is so excruciating to watch? I figured it out. More »

Bald Dudes And You: 6 Male Patterns To Discuss

Moe — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:00:00 EDT

Sunday's Page Six Magazine offers up a first-person Balding Dudes and the Bonerkilling Drugs They Take To Stop Balding So They Can Get More Women To Embark Upon Unsatisfying Sex Romps With Them. Of course, by "investigate" I mean "not really," since it's Page Six Magazine and the story is basically that the author, Jeff Novich, starts balding, then spends five grand on Propecia, but gets neurotic when he hears that Propecia is supposed to lower your sex drive, I guess because baldness is linked to an overabundance of testosterone in your hair follicles, so in addition to Propecia, a lot of guys use Viagra and just learn to deal with sex lasting longer. Jeff even uses it as a pickup line (i.e. "I've never experienced any impotence problems, but don't take my word for it.") (Yeah, it didn't work.) Anyway, there are a few obvious discussion topics here, starting with "What is it about bald dudes?" moving all the way down to… "Doesn't Jeff know that getting Propecia covered is one of the easiest forms of insurance fraud known to modern emasculated man? More »

How Leveraging Your Date Rape Skills Can Make You A Tech Billionaire: The Inspiring Story Of Henry T. Nicholas III

Moe — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:00:00 EDT

Oh. My. God. Okay: Henry T. Nicholas III is the former CEO of Broadcom. Broadcom makes chips that run your cable boxes and cell phones and modems and crap, but that is so beside the point here. (Well, there is this theory that porn drives all communications and media innovation, but let's cut to the chase.) In the midst of investigating Broadcom on a run-of-the-mill options backdating scandal, the Feds learned something interesting about how Henry T. Nicholas III would close a deal with a cable box manufacturer or a modem maker or whatever: he'd slip drugs into their drinks. Generally Ecstasy. Sometimes meth or coke. No seriously. The indictment is here. He'd do this, among other places, at concerts, the Super Bowl, Rome, and in an underground room and tunnel he'd built under his Rodeo Drive apartment. Seriously, check it out. And now, thoughts. More »

Attention, Hot Fashion Industry Chicks! Hedge Fund Managers Are Desperate Enough To Bone You Now

Moe — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:40:00 EDT

Great news, gender! The recession is upon us, and investment bankers are being forced to lower their standards! Admission into the ranks of women they will fuck is no longer being exclusively limited to models! For a limited time only, any women in the fashion industry can be screened for (heh) interest. This momentous expansion of the pussy supply is being launched by an outfit called PocketChange NYC, whose charming slogan you will find after the jump, and it kicks off tonight at a bar called Taj. Apply now, because the guest list is already buzzing with potential M&A activity. Will Goldman buy Marc Jacobs? Can Versace find synergy with Credit Suisse? Can Tracie and I pull a Jerome Kerviel and get in on the action undetected? I'm still waiting to hear if I make the cut. (If I puke now, my gag reflexes will be perfectly primed!) (And to think I was just bemoaning the dearth of eligible men in this town!) More »

Staledating: Or, How Dating Can Be Almost As Fun As Getting Waterboarded!

Moe — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Staledating. This is what happens when the entire non-courtship feels like amicable divorce. Or, let's get serious, Guantanamo. He is the interrogator and you are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and society has implicated you in the hijacking death of its high school girlfriend and his high school girlfriend was hijacked by some douchebag band dude once, and you will gladly assume credit for that and her death if it makes your interactions more amusing, since that is all you have; this is the fate you chose when you moved here. "Come on," he tells you, every time you meet. "You want a boyfriend. Everyone does. It is human nature. Look at you, you look so haggard. You want to stop this. I could stop this. Any time, just admit to me that that you desire a house and a lawn and a pair of Manolo Blahnik shoes just like everyone else in the world, admit to me that the ideology of the hegemony is superior or it would not have claimed hegemony to begin with, and that history should have ended already, and I will hand you the keys to your freedom." Ah, freedom. More »