The Friday Five

This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women.

1. Seeking Love? Find Strength in Numbers by Rachel L. Swarns of The New York Times says to embrace all of the men in your orbit, new gurus say, whether they text or G-Chat, whether they’re hunky or grungy. You may find love.

2. Work-Life Balance as s Men’s Issue, Too by Anne-Marie Slaughter of The Atlantic asks: What does it mean for working fathers?

3. I Was A Sex Surrogate by Rebecca Torosian of Salon.com says: The men came to see me as a last resort, but together we found hope, and a strange kind of intimacy.

4. Women’s Economic Dominance: Is It Really Inevitable? by Philip Cohen of The Atlantic says predominantly female occupations are projected to grow in the coming years—but the expansion won’t create all that many jobs.

5. Are Sexy Halloween Costumes Over? by Amanda Hess of Slate.com says in the new Sexy Halloween economy, the line between sexy and ironic appears to have evaporated. There’s something hopeful about that—this new permutation of the trend rejects plastic corporate packaging and values a woman’s cleverness instead.

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