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Are Porn and Video Games Causing a Masculinity Crisis? May 12, 2015 . 8 Comments
More than 40 years ago, Philip Zimbardo oversaw the Stanford Prison Experiment—one of psychology’s best-known and most controversial studies. Now Zimbardo is interested in the changing ... Read More
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Do Women Want Sex with the Same Frequency as Do Men? May 11, 2015 . 5 Comments
Men want sex and women want love, right? That’s what dozens of studies have set out to prove, often resulting in salacious headlines and lots of publicity. In one famous study, an ... Read More
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Figuring Out Fatherhood: What Kind of Dad Do You Want to Be? May 6, 2015 . 5 Comments
Parenting is a strange deal. It’s one role in life where there is a strong blueprint—we were all children once, and someone got us through those years—but there’s no easing in to ... Read More
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Amazon Mom: Reinforcing Antiquated Stereotypes about Parenting April 28, 2015 . 5 Comments
The U.S. Department of Agriculture places the cost of raising a child born in 2013 at $245,000—a figure that leaves many parents looking for discounts anywhere they’re available. ... Read More
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Study Dispels Gender Myths About Emotion and Rationality April 13, 2015 . 5 Comments
The notion that women are more emotional—and therefore less rational—than men can be found everywhere from self-help books to Internet message boards. Women’s supposed lack of ... Read More
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Are Men More Likely Than Women to Want Kids? And Other News March 27, 2015 . 7 Comments
A popular stereotype holds that women are the ones eager to settle down, have lavish weddings, and then birth and care for babies. A recent piece in New York magazine’s The Cut calls ... Read More
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Is Daylight Saving Time Hard On Relationships? And Other News March 13, 2015 . 6 Comments
If you feel exhausted after the annual springing forward of clocks, you’re not alone. Even a small loss of time can cause exhaustion that’s harmful to relationships, a study ... Read More
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Ryan Gosling Memes Might Make You a Feminist, and Other News January 30, 2015 . 5 Comments
Feminism, the belief that men and women are equal and the political movement designed to support this equality, is relatively unpopular among men, with only 16% identifying as feminists. ... Read More
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Are Girls Taught to Be More Emotionally Attuned Than Boys? November 18, 2014 . 4 Comments
There’s a broad assumption in our culture that women are just more emotionally intelligent than men. But women’s superior emotional intelligence is anything but a settled fact, ... Read More
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Does Gender Equality in Marriage Benefit Men, Too? October 15, 2014 . 6 Comments
Opponents of gender equality have long argued that both men and women lose something when the sexes are treated equally and share duties. The results of a research project that dates back ... Read More
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Why Do Some Men Develop ‘Sympathy’ Pregnancies? October 2, 2014 . 5 Comments
Men who gain weight during a partner’s pregnancy are often the butt of jokes, derided for using their partner’s pregnancy as an “excuse” to gain weight. For some men, though, ... Read More
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Do Sexualized Images of Women Make Men Less Charitable? September 20, 2014 . 5 Comments
For decades, women’s advocates have argued that sexualized advertisements of women harm women’s self-esteem and increase gender disparities. According to new research, though, ... Read More