I’m not judging individual politicians. I’m judging a trend. Clinton. Sanford. Lee. Ensign. Vitter. Straus-Kahn. Weiner. Example after example of men in power not just cheating but abusing their powerful positions in sexual relationships with structurally less-powerful women — and then trading on their trust and credibility with the public to try and cover up […]
This week, the press is abuzz with the news of the latest celebrity wedding, in which a beautiful commoner comes into the spotlight to marry a charming man from a large, powerful family. I’m talking, of course, about Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, the main characters in this fall’s new Twilight film, Breaking Dawn. Although […]
“I am so bored with that question,” the woman told my wife, M, who had just asked her how they structured their family life so that she could go back to school with three kids. M wanted to know, What was their model? “We used to talk about that all the time,” the woman added. […]
Last week, in one of the highlights of my year (and okay, life), I was honored to sit down in a small group of New York-based writers over lattes and lemon pancakes, along with Anna Quindlen. She is only one of my all-time favorite writers, and possibly yours too, if you’re a parent who writes. […]
Have you heard? Kim Kardashian is apparently the First Woman To Ever Get Married, or so you might think from all the media coverage of the recently-engaged star. Kim Kardashian is a brand unto herself, making thousands of dollars in appearance fees and loaning her image to products such as Skechers Shape-Ups and various diet […]
Does watching porn ruin marriages? Are porn users more likely to have unrealistic expectations of their partners? Do all women hate porn? Do all men love porn? These are all questions Vicki Larson takes on (with only minimal success) in her piece on the Huffington Post. Larson’s piece is problematic, but it does get the […]
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels’ announcement that he would not be seeking the GOP nomination for the 2012 presidential race because his family had exercised their veto power has gained a lot of traction in the news. This discussion also raises a lot of questions about parenting and spousal roles and responsibility. Both Mitch and his […]
I’ve never been a breadwinner. My wife and I have been married five years, together for seven. I’ve worked as a journalist nearly all of that time, and if you haven’t heard—journalists make peanuts. Seriously. Mid-level suburban high school babysitters make more than members of the Fourth Estate. But if you’ve got ink in your […]
This post debates whether there is harm in a mom (Martha) watching the royal wedding with her daughter. In fact, Martha has made quite a to-do of it which includes keeping her daughter home from pre-school to celebrate. Patrick Malone, clearly a feminist man, argues effectivly that there is enough fairy princess stuff out in […]
Ladies, if you have money and independence, are you really placing priority on looking for a man who is hot? A new study apparently says that wealthier women now value looks more than financial security since they can really take care of themselves. Men, meanwhile, have not changed much. They want younger, beautiful women. So […]
This article could set dreams of shared parenting and gender equality back decades. I applaud the honesty of the writer but wonder how much of what was described really has to do with parenting versus a dysfunctional relationship among two people with many idiosyncrasies. The first thing that struck me is the attempt to plan […]
A recent article by “sexuality counselor” Ian Kerner begins with a premise that will likely get your hackles up: “In a committed relationship nothing hurts more, or is harder to recover from, than infidelity, and this is even truer when it’s the female partner who’s been doing the cheating”(emphasis added). Why? Because according to Kerner, […]
