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I've never been slut shamed. I have, however, been number judged. Or number doubted. More »
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We've heard that women's interest in sex tends to decline over the course of a relationship, but now a study shows that most married women still think sex is an important part of their marriage. And some of the things they do to keep things lively are somewhat bizarre. More »
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A new infographic from Pew, the think tank that sounds like a baroness's delicate sneeze, shows that fewer Americans believe in marriage and are trying to fill the emptiness in their hearts with expensive Valentine's Day gifts and fancy, last-minute dinners. While about 39% of all Americans (and 44% of all those cynical, emotionally numb 18-29 year-olds) say that marriage is obsolete, that won't stop them from spending $17.6 billion this year trying to convince themselves that, in a world where Seal and Heidi Klum are in the throes of a bitter divorce, love isn't just a sick joke that Gary Marshall came up with to make people see his shitty movies. This year's Valentine's Day dinners will run Americans about $3.4 billion, a shade less than their jewelry purchases ($3.5 billion), and way more than they'll spend on flowers ($1.7 billion). Women will spend $75 on their gifts, while men, in fits of panicked impulse-purchasing, will spend about $160 on crappy heart-shaped necklaces tailor made for the new prototypical American couple — two increasingly suspicious people who realize more each advertising cycle how little they have in common. Your best bet, if you're trying to save money this season, is to stay uncoupled — pet owners only have to spend about $5 to appease their quadruped companions on Valentine's Day (any more than that and it's creepy). More »
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A controversial new report claims that roughly 16 million Chinese women are married to gay men due to cultural pressure—that means that 9 out of every 10 gay men tie the knot with a woman. "Their wives are struggling to cope and their plight should be recognized," the professor behind the study told China Daily. His platform bothers some Chinese gay rights activists, who think the study oversimplifies the issue and perhaps even makes it worse. "To put gays' wives under the spotlight might cause more public misunderstanding or even hatred toward the gay population, which does not help defuse existing social discrimination against them," said Xiao Dong, a gay civil rights organizer. He added that the estimation is unsubstantiated and that he feels "it's pointless to research the issue." More »
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Match.com's latest survey on single people and their attitudes busts some myths about commitment-phobic, baby-hating men. It has also brought out the trolls. More »
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According to personal finance experts and many colorful charts, attending college can significantly increase one's lifetime earning potential. Unfortunately, if you're poor and get yourself a fancy degree, you'll be too highfalutin for your poor peers and smell too much of the servant caste to be accepted by your wealthy classmates. And you'll never find love and die alone face down with your face in a New Yorker and your ringless hand in a bag of Flamin' Hot Cheetos. More »
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It's every betrothed person's worst nightmare: a parent falls sick right before the Big Day, and can't be there to see the wedding. But rather than settle for a lifetime of wedding memories stamped with the conspicuous absence of Dad, one intrepid sister of the groom took it upon herself and her photoshopping skills to insert the missing dad into pictures of the festivities. The results are both hilarious and touching. More »
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As a protest against gentrification, a Seattle woman has decided to marry a building. She has entered into this with much the same forethought and wisdom that goes into many marriages. More »
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Two weeks ago, we were all introduced to the Purity Bear via a creepy video that looked like the last-minute submission to a misguided high school film course assignment. Well, according to the makers of this helpful little creature, the Purity Bear has been a rousing success because it has attracted more than a "quarter million" views, never mind the fact that, according to Towleroad, its garnered 1,500 dislikes and less than 200 dislikes. The important thing is that, just as people flock to Michael Bay's movies, everyone's watching the Purity Bear in action! My only concern is that I'm not sure how knowledgeable a sexless stuffed animal is about human sexuality. I mean, it's easy for the Purity Bear to be pure because it doesn't have any sex drive and I'm not convinced that it realizes that we're not all made of out synthetic fibers and Christian abstinence. More »
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Over the last 4 years or so, a backlog of angry, resentful couples too poor to divorce has been building. Meanwhile, scores of fertile but financially hesitant women have been revving their ovaries, waiting until the economic picture rights itself before introducing an expensive baby into the family. As soon as this global meltdown shit is over, it's going to be a no-holds-barred divorce/baby having frenzy. Will any of us survive? More »
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It doesn't take a graduate of the Dr. Phil School of Pointing out Obvious Shit to understand that nagging can ruin a marriage. But did you know that, according to the Wall Street Journal, women are usually the ones who do it? Dear women: Stop ruining marriage. How many times do you need to be reminded? More »
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It looks like renowned paleontologist Jack Horner has gone all Doug Hutchison and married a teenager. His nineteen-year-old wife Vanessa Shiann Weaver was an intern in his lab, and calls herself his "protege." Their age difference: 46 years. More »
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Barney Frank, the most prominent gay politician in the US, has confirmed that he'll be marrying his longtime partner after he retires from public service at the end of his current term. Since marriage has a one-in, one-out policy, this of course means that a straight couple in Massachusetts must now divorce. More »
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It's a well-known fact that women are always secretly plotting the quickest way to marriage. See a handsome man walking his dog in the park? Have a friend distract him while you quickly slip a ring on his finger — in some cultures that's as good as a legal contract — then get rid of that dog immediately so you can assure that your husband never loves anything in his life more than he loves you. Trying to start a life with your boyfriend without going into debt? LOL, not before you say yes to the dress, girl! More »
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And now, for some good news: after gentle prodding from the likes of Bill Gates, Washington is poised to become the seventh state in the Union to legalize gay marriage. Someone better break the news to the Straights of Seattle: you're all getting a divorce. More »
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As a true Alice In Wonderland fan — I could recite Jabberwocky by heart when I was 10 — I love the spirit behind these wedding photos. The tea party and the cat are excellent touches — hopefully there was a dormouse as well. As for the age-old question, how is a raven like a writing-desk? My answer was always: Inky feathers. More »
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A Filipino company called Manikako that teaches kids how to make their own dolls out of old clothes and other recycled materials collaborated with Energizer, Revolver, Post Manila and TBWA\SMP to create a WALL-E-esque ad that Adrant describes as "a charming love story," but that I find borderline creepy. Just borderline, though. I guess the ad's message is sweet but is it really productive to tell kids that the only way a sad, lonely robot can find happiness is that if it enters into the marriage contract? (Winston Wu would most certainly not approve.) And what does the doll see in the robot? All the robot does is mope, mope, mope. I don't know, I feel like they'd be just as happy in a civil union, but points to Manikako for celebrating the differences that can draw our alienated robot selves together. More »
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After vigorously denying allegations by his second wife Marianne that he requested an open marriage, Newt Gingrich's campaign has been ballooning faster than a marshmallow left untended in the microwave.  If his popularity continues to rise at this rate, the Republican primary could explode in a gooey white mess 217 days premature of its national convention in bukkake-fest (take Google's word for it) host city Tampa Bay.  While most members hiding in the still rational enclaves of the GOP might see Gingrich's recent rally as a sign of party instability and his marital drama as evidence of his idiosyncrasies, at least one commenter sees Gingrich's three marriages as proof that the man is so damn charismatic that what Republicans should really be worried about is not his electability but whether America would be able to resist a third term in Gingrich's inevitable presidency. More »
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Yesterday, CBS's "This Morning" finally found two suitably inconsequential people to debate the merits of a two-week-old article in the New York Times by Dominique Browning, who claimed, based on the small sample of unaffiliated yet functional ladies living in her Amazonian apartment complex, that women are more suited to independence than their emotionally parasitic male counterparts. More »
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Today in what-the-fuck, an advice columnist explains that while men deserve to be told when their wives are cheating, cuckolded ladies should be kept in the dark. Because they're such bitches. More »
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In a bombshell game changer of an interview set to air tonight, Newt Gingrich's second ex wife Marianne reportedly dishes about the unsavory proclivities of the Presidential candidate before and during their split in the 90's. Among the revelations? Newt asked her for an open relationship so he could go fuck his mistress with abandon, because he was frustrated that she "wanted him all to herself." Ew. More »
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There are plenty of nice reasons to get married, but increasingly the basic experience of being married doesn't seem all that different from simply living together without ever making it legal—or living in sin, as our grandmothers like to call it. Now there's some new research that proves that the line between marriage and cohabitation has been blurred to such an extent that it's barely visible. More »
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Hey guys, have you met The Purity Bear? He's a plush toy who appears to tempted teens and warns them without moving his mouth that going inside a girl's house will inevitably lead to sex having, and sex having before marriage is literally the worst decision you could possibly make. More »
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A couple who met when they were randomly matched for a game of Words with Friends has taken their spelling-based relationship up a jillion notches by getting married. This means that a game so good it practically landed Alec Baldwin on the No Fly List is now responsible for just as many intact marriages as Kris Kardashian. More »
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That's the argument one journalist makes after interviewing several couples in Illinois who chose to get opposite-sex civil unions. But don't bet on these legal arrangements edging out marriage yet. More »
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A recent survey found that one third of married couples splitting up in the UK last year mention Facebook as a costar in their divorces. Facebook: is there anything it can't help fuck up? More »
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There's been a lot of ink spilt over the issue of female singleness recently — but who are we really talking about when we talk about single ladies? And who's getting left out of the equation? More »
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Earlier this month, the Pew Research Institute announced that fewer than half of Americans are currently married, the lowest rate ever recorded. In a frantic effort to save marriage, every single fucking person in the whole world got engaged over Christmas. Newly betrothed, you are all heroes. More »
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You might think that once you've passed your 75th wedding anniversary, it'd be smooth sailing through the golden years of your marriage and then into the great beyond. But unfortunately that's not the case for one Italian couple who are getting divorced at the ripe old ages of 99 and 96, after an impressive 77 years of marriage. More »
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Scandal-ridden anti-gay Minnesota politician Amy Koch has had a rough few days. First, news of her extramarital affair with her married staffer broke. Then, she was forced to resign from her position as state Senate Majority Leader. Now, it seems that the gays of the land of 10,000 lakes have seen the error of their marriage ruining ways, and one of them has written an apology letter so cold, it will you give your nipples frostbite. More »
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A new study has found a possible reason for the much-vaunted decline in marriage: people are afraid of having to go through a divorce. And women are more likely than men to fear getting "trapped" in a relationship they can't easily exit. More »
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Now that the percentage of married Americans has dropped to a dire 51%, reporters are talking to women about their shriveling ovaries and dim marriage prospects and finding them ... strangely unconcerned. More »
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Guys, it's time we had a talk. We've noticed that many of you haven't brought anyone home for the holidays in quite some time, and we just heard a troubling statistic: Fewer Americans are married than ever before! Apparently, times have changed, because now only 51% of all adults have tied the knot. Being single might be "in" right now, but you know ... you're not getting any younger. Would you like us to introduce you to some nice boys we know? It's either them or your mom's friend's son who works at the deli counter. More »
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Remember the National Organization for Marriage, the anti-gay marriage group that brought us that hilarious "Gathering Storm" ad? Turns out, it's not nearly as "grassroots" as it purports to be. It's actually funded almost exclusively by two donors. More »
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A pair of bills passed by Pakistan's parliament today have made it illegal to throw acid on women or force them into prostitution. Progress! More »
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I enjoyed reading last week's "A Girl Who Likes Boys Who Like Boys: The Joy of Dating Gay Men." I know from my colleagues, students, and friends that "Feminist Dating Blogger" is hardly the only heterosexual woman with a penchant for pursuing gay men. But there's a male equivalent to this, and it's one I know all too well. I've fallen for more than my share of lesbians, including my second wife. More »
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Finally, after all these years and all these self help books written by therapists with bangs photographed in soft focus, scientists have definitively discovered the secret to marriage. Are you ready for it? Here it is: Be nice to each other. More »
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Apparently Lady Gaga is attracted to creative people, and it doesn't always end well. Sometimes, she tells Vanity Fair, they end up being jealous of her. And sometimes they're just mean: "I had a man say to me, ‘You will die alone in a house bigger than you know, with all your money and hit records, and you will die alone.'" Caught in a bad romance! Plus: Gentlemen who try to make up for treating her crappily by asking her to marry them are shit outta luck: More »
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Seven years ago, Darlene Ellison's husband was arrested by the FBI for his involvement with NAMBLA, the North American Man-Boy Love Association. Up until his arrest, she had no idea that he was a pedophile, and, understandably, was horrified by the secret life he'd been keeping from her and their two children for their entire marriage. In the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State, she writes on the Daily Beast about what it's like to discover something so awful about your husband, and how it could be possible that Sandusky's wife, Dottie, wouldn't have known her husband was a criminal. More »
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