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Worst. Sex. Ever.
What happens when a young man who doesn't yet know he's gay tries to get into bed with a woman? An excerpt from Denial: My 25 Years Without a Soul, a new memoir of self-torment and sexual discovery.
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Miramax Films Cinderella Doesn't Have to Be a Passive Servant Girl Who Gets By on Her Looks
There are ways to empower the fairy-tale heroine—just look at Ella Enchanted.
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Congress's Doomed, Misguided Attempt to Help Working Families
Why doesn't the government ask overstretched parents what sorts of policies would make their lives easier?
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Terry McAuliffe's Woman Problem
Will Virginia be willing to elect a governor who once said of his wife, "Listen, her credit cards are paid and all that"?
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I Teach a College Class on How to Think and Talk About Pornography
Some answers to the question, "What goes on in a college porn class?"
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Why D.H. Lawrence, Misogynist Male Author, Has Lots of Female Fans
His obsession with manly power is both off-putting and fascinating.
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Mark Sanford, Rom-Com Hero
He risked everything for love. That makes him braver than almost any other disgraced politician.
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'An Epidemic, Basically': A Conflicted Weight-Loss Blogger on #Thinspo
Paige Padilla, 17, explains what's really going on with that controversial "thinspo" hashtag, and why eliminating pro-eating-disorder content online might be harder than it seems.
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'Dear Mom, Thanks for Rocking Those Gigantic Varicose Veins, Which I Caused'
In search of a greeting card that does justice to the drastic, often permanent physical changes women's bodies undergo when they become mothers
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Do Readers Judge Female Characters More Harshly Than Male Characters?
A recent interview with author Claire Messud raises questions about how gender affects reading.
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A Truly Inclusive Way to Answer the Question 'Where Do Babies Come From?'
The new book What Makes a Baby offers an origin story for all children, no matter what their families look like.
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Why Unemployment Doesn't Stop People From Having Babies
The decisions to marry and parent have less to do with what's rational and more to do with the risky, unpredictable market of love.
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The Women Who Scooped Michael Pollan by 200 Years
Long before the modern food movement, Catharine Beecher, Ellen Swallow Richards, and many others tried to increase the public's estimation of home cooking.
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Wanted: A Word to Describe Men Who Stay Home to Take Care of Their Families
Housedude? Homemaker? Hands-on dad?
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When Even Your Marriage Counselor Tells You to Get Divorced
James Braly and his wife stayed married for years, even though almost everyone in their lives urged them to split up. Why? And how did it feel when they finally did part ways?
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'Every Single Family in the World Is a Nontraditional Family'
An interview with Jennifer Finney Boylan about her transition from man to woman
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The Pros and Cons of Abandoning the Word 'Feminist'
The term is great for rallying the converted. For everyone else, though, it's a PR liability.
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The Connection Between Unemployment and Unmarried Parents
The states with more single men without jobs have higher rates of nonmarital births.
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Marissa Mayer's Potentially Revolutionary Paternity Leave Policy
Yahoo is now giving new dads eight weeks of paid leave, which could transform the way families think about division of labor.
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The Benefits of Men and Women Being Friends, Even if One Is Married
Fear of sexual tension shouldn't dissuade people from pursuing cross-gender relationships.
