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

1. Horror In Cleveland: Why The Warning Signs Went Ignored by Katie J.M. Baker of Jezebel says the willful ignorance of police and neighbors is a not-so-hyperbolic metaphor for what millions of domestic abuse survivors experience every day.

2. My Virginity Mistake by Jessica Ciencin Henriquez of Salon.com says: “I took an abstinence pledge hoping it would ensure a strong marriage. Instead, it led to a quick divorce.”

3. Elizabeth Smart Says Pro-Abstinence Sex Ed Harms Victims Of Rape by Amanda Hess of Slate.com says when Smart spoke at a Johns Hopkins University panel last week, she explained one of the factors deterring her from escaping her attacker: She felt so worthless after being raped that she felt unfit to return to her society.

4. The Rise Of Sexist Fashion, From Plain Jane Homme To Disney by Soraya Roberts of The Daily Beast says the logo of a Canadian brand called Plain Jane Homme is a silhouette of a naked woman with underwear around her ankles. But thankfully, people are getting sick of sexist merch.

5. Disturbing Number Of Women Believe Affairs Can Actually Save Their Marriage by Ruth Styles of The Daily Mail says: For most of us, an affair is the sign of a relationship that’s faltering. But according to a new poll, a shocking one in three women say that having an extramarital fling can actually help keep their marriage alive.

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