Probably the former. Yes, families where both parents are present in the children's lives are more stable and ultimately create a better environment for children, but Grove is implying that parents need to not only be married for children to thrive, but the man needs to be working and providing ("responsibility") for his young while the woman stays home and cares for them. Why not promote a society where single mothers can provide for their children on their own? Grove says that the Conservative government will provide a maternity nurse service for families who need help during the first days after childbirth, but there is no mention of this service being available to single mothers (or fathers) who have a newborn. An emphasis is placed on the relationship between the father and mother, implying that they are together.

And what does Grove think of women's magazines? While he condemns lad mags' presentation of a "narrow conception of beauty and a shallow approach towards women," he praises women's magazines (and their publishers) for addressing their readers "in a mature and responsible fashion." So, being obsessed with materialism, being fearful of any beauty "imperfection," and constantly being reminded that the attention of men is necessary to live a happy lifestyle is "mature"? Has this dude ever looked at a women's magazine?

Lad Mags Linked To 'Social Ills' [BBC]
'Lads Mags' Condemned Over Images Of Women [Telegraph]
Poll" Do Lad Mags Make Men Feckless? [Guardian]

• Nelson Mandela personally called Amy Winehouse and asked her to sing at his birthday party on June 27! The former president of South Africa phoned her! Bono, Elton John and Annie Lennox are expected to perform as well. This UK paper says,"Let's hope [Amy] bee-hives herself!" Yuk, yuk. [Mirror]
  
• Meanwhile: Does Blake Incarcerated have a secret mistress? Is he plotting with the "mystery blonde" to run away with her — and a chunk of Amy's £10 million fortune? [The Sun]
  
• Britney Spears and Kevin Federline are due in court today for a progress review. A completely uninformed opinion? She's doing better. [People]
  
• Owen Wilson allegedly picked up some chick (not Kate Hudson) and invited her back to is boat and propositioned her to join him in a threesome with Vince Vaughn. There was a time that a Butterscotch Stallion/Money Baby sandwich would have been soooo hot, and that time was 2001. [Perez Hilton]
  
• Britney's back at work on How I Met Your Mother. She looks cute dressed to match Neil Patrick Harris! [TMZ]

• Tom Cruise's new web site is a finely crafted masterpiece of PR spin. [LA Times]
• Prince! Is working on a book! Featuring poetry and photographs and elegantly sealed in a purple slipcase, of course. [Reuters]
• Dina Lohan is being honored as a "Top Mom" by a Long Island-based charity, Mingling Moms Organization. Ali Lohan says: "My mom is great, she has always been there for us. She helps us follow our dreams. I love her to death." And by "to death" she means, "Sometimes I want to strangle her." [Page Six]
• Pete Doherty is out of jail! He served 29 days of a 14-week sentence and now he's back on the streets. You've been warned. [People]
• John Mayer on the pix of him with Jen Aniston in Miami: "Listen, this is not a scandal, this is not an issue, this is not a problem, this needs no spin control. This is me living my life and a guy with a really powerful lens and I don't fault him, I don't fault anybody, I don't fault you, I don't fault this or that. There are much worse problems in the world. Everything's cool!" Hahaha, stoner. [ET]
• But! John Mayer was seen out with Maroon 5 horndog Adam Levine and John "The Player" was "all over some blond girl," according to a source. Maybe he and Jennifer Aniston haven't had "the talk" yet? [Page Six]
• Maxim's Hot 100 list is a sister act: Ashlee Simpson is No. 18, Jessica Simpson is No. 53. But while Ashley Olsen is No. 47, Mary-Kate is not on the list at all... Which might be a compliment. [Page Six]
• Hollywood Hills neighbors of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are pissed that paparazzi cars are parking in their hood. [Page Six]
• Barbara Walters is traveling by private jet to 25 US cities to promote her memoir — and she's taking hair and makeup people from The View with her. But! She's paying for it all herself. [Rush & Molloy]
• Jay-Z at a show at NYC's Madison Square Garden: "This concert isn't endorsed by Obama, but it's time for a change." [Rush & Molloy]
• Jeremy Piven was seen having a "knock-down, all-out screaming match" with a brunette at a party. Ari Gold, is that you? [Rush & Molloy]
• The jury may deliver a verdict in the Uma Thurman stalking case today; we'll keep you posted. [TMZ]
• The bench warrant issued for Foxy Brown yesterday was due to a misunderstanding. Foxy is still free! [TMZ]
• Angela Kinsey, who plays Angela on The Office, gave birth to a baby girl, Isabel Ruby, on Saturday afternoon. [People]
• Mischa Barton is pissed at a photographer who snapped pictures of her sunbathing topless. She says: "He's a ridiculous human being. I've never abhorred anyone more. I was so angry, I went up to him and said how disappointed I was with his behavior. He apologized but he was very insincere." It should be noted that this photographer is the same one Nicole Kidman won a restraining order against after she testified that he tried to run her off the road. [Mirror]
• Peaches Geldof, 19 (daughter of Sir Bob) is implicated in a cocaine ring, ruh-roh. [Mirror]
• Nip/Tuck star Joely Richardson kind of wants an African baby. "I'd love to adopt," she says. "I was almost in tears on a hospital visit because there were two or three babies to each cot, but I told myself that crying wouldn't help." [Mirror]
• Yoko Ono is suing the producers of a movie hat challenges the concept of Darwinian evolution, saying they used the song Imagine without her permission and led the blogosphere to accuse her of "selling out." [USA Today]
• "I don't think of myself as an [feminist] icon, but I think of myself as interested and can get ruffled at gender inequality. I still get touchy when people say that guys are interested in sex and girls are interested in love. It's bullshit." —Liz Phair. [Rolling Stone]

But more unsettling to Leve was that Parker brought husband Matthew Broderick into the morass when she said "It has to do with his judgment too." "This I don't understand," notes Leve. "Was he always secure in his judgment about her until the Maxim magazine list came along and suddenly forced him to reconsider everything? Did this list really have that kind of impact?"

And the answer is: It damn well shouldn't have an impact on how Matthew feels about his wife! Your longterm significant other sure as hell better love you for something other than your looks, or he's going to be really disappointed when you (gasp!) get older. And here's the other thing us regular ladies should take away from Maxim's list: even if you're Angelina Jolie, not every man (or woman, for the Lezebels) is going to think you're attractive. Haha, my shrink told me that once after I was upset that some dude didn't like me. But it's good advice! Because every man should not have to find you attractive in order for you to feel good about yourself! Of course, being publicly denigrated stings for any woman, but as Leve puts it, "As Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker inhabits a world where women are in charge, they live free and interesting lives and are asked out by men every day. I can see why none of this would appeal to readers of Maxim, who are probably quite controlling over the few women they manage to attract." In short: Fuck the haters.

Sarah Jessica Parker Is Upset At Being Called Unsexy. But What Do Maxim Readers Know About Women? [Guardian]

Earlier: Maxim, Entertainment Weekly Agree: Jews, Blacks, Asians Not So "Sexy"

In fact, of EW's twenty-five "Ultimate Hotties," the only ethnic ones are Latina: Half-Bolivian Raquel Welch, Mexican Salma Hayek, half-Mexican Jessica Alba, and half-Spanish Rita Hayworth. What about Rachel Weisz? Angela Bassett? Lucy Liu? Or, really, anyone who doesn't inspire girls to ask for nose jobs, $300 highlights or eyelid-surgery for their sweet sixteens?

Sarah Jessica Parker named world's unsexiest woman [Sydney Morning Herald]
Ultimate Female Hotties: Pick the All-Time No. 1 [Entertainment Weekly]

Maxim Online's resident sexpert Lindsay has received an interesting and pretty disturbing query from reader "Tra", who complains that "there are times during sex when, if I get it just right, I can feel something in my girlfriend sorta pop when I jam it all the way."

Although we're baffled that Lindsay didn't feel compelled to tell Tra that any sort of "pop" during sex is the exact opposite of "getting it right", she did explain that it may be due to his bumping up against a cervix or ovary [What?! -Ed.]. But seeing that the real victim in this sordid affair — Tra's girlfriend— is obviously getting the short end of the stick (so to speak!) in the situation, we went back to yesterday's video of penis-expert Alexyss Tylor for some advice.

All penises are not created equal. Every man may not know because he may not have a penis to really know how to hit that bottom or lift and hit that bottom and work that middle Don't let every man hit the bottom of your vagina, the root of your vagina...your body remembers it. That woman is being seduced, he's breaking her down man, he's screwing her into submission, he's screwing her into slavery, by using the penis as a weapon to break her ass down and her defenses, you're wide open with a penis up in your vagina man, you don't have no defenses."

Brilliant! This is like The Declaration of Independence, Gettysburg Address, Emancipation Proclamation, civil-rights movement and rough sex all rolled into one!

Easy Sex [MaximOnline]
Earlier: Advice To Consider: Don't Just Let 'Any' Man Hit The Root Of Your Vagina
Related: All Men Are Created Equal [Wikipedia]

Over at Fishbowl they've got a sneak preview of Shock magazine.

"Hachette's Shock magazine may not be making its official newsstand debut until May 30, but we got our hands on a copy late last night. Notable in its $1.99 cover price and lack of ads — a shockingly thin four ad pages, including JVC, Girls Gone Wild and an adult text message service — it's pretty much what we expected: 96 pages of blood, rotting corpes, civilians on fire, KKK kids, and Jessica Simpson giving us the finger."

Girls Gone Wild and the "adult text message service" are the giveaways here. Another lads mag, meant to push the saucy boundaries set by the likes of Maxim and Loaded. But the raucous lad mags had their day way back when they were there for boys who didn't dare reach up to the top shelf for their porn.

But hey! Meet my new friend Mr Internet. You see, if I want to find pictures of babies burning or dead mutilated Iraqis I can do that for FREE. Why the hell am I going to shell out $1.99 for a sanitised version of the filth I crave so badly that is just a few keystrokes away in the comfort of my own home?

Oh, I get it. I'll read it for the articles.