No sex, please, we’re Millennials
Social and religious conservatives rejoice: teenagers and young people today are having far less sex than a generation ago; teenage pregnancy rates are down to only a third of what …
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You’re only as old as the woman you feel – or want to feel
Gender and sexuality being fluid, and increasingly colour and ethnicity too, why not age? When you abandon any objective standards – because they reflect the power structures in the society …
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Swipe left, swipe right, swipe it all about
Politics ruins everything, part 578. As if there weren’t enough fake profiles on dating apps, whether bots trying to entice the unwary to other sites or sad individuals trying to …
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I swiped on a sexbot
Well, not really. If I did, it would have made for a fascinating blog post, and I, no doubt, would have had a more enthralling online conversation than many one …
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Make Dating Great Again
Tired of being constantly dumped by your dates after they discover you are an ugly right-winger? Looking for a soulmate you can build a wall and drain a swamp with? …
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Are there Reds in your bed?
Oh, not to be young and Russian in Washington DC, “Politico” reports: Nothing prepared the young Russians of Washington for the wintry blast of social isolation and suspicion that followed …
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Are you a sexual racist?
Everything is racism nowadays, so you won’t be surprised to discover that your sexual preferences and physical attractions can be bigoted too: One evening while browsing the wildly popular gay …
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Are sexy selfies a sign of gender oppression?
All those bedroom eyes, duckfaces and cleavages splattered all over Instagram, Facebook and other social media (not to mention Tinder), and I bet you have been all wondering whether it’s …
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Finding love in all the wrong places
There has been a large shift in how we find partners: As early as 2010 the internet had overtaken churches, neighbourhoods, classrooms and offices as a setting in which Americans …
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Crisis of masculinity, now in its 150,489th year
“The Guardian” publishes something called The Week in Patriarchy, “a weekly roundup of what’s happening in the world of feminism and sexism” complied in the current week by Arwa Mahdawi. The …
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You can’t buy love – but you can buy lots of other things when you can’t buy love
Suing dating agencies – now there is an idea that I haven’t tried yet (partly because I’ve never used dating agencies): A mum who failed to find a partner after …
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Out of your league
New research from the University of the Obvious sheds light on our online dating habits: Most people who use online dating websites seek partners who are out of their league, …
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Dating discrimination
I am being told that gender is a social construct but that sexuality and sexual attraction are inborn, and therefore not open to questioning. But then there is this: Considering …
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Better call Angela. Or maybe not.
If you have ever used Tinder or any other form of internet dating and actually went on to meet some of your matches, the chances are you have experienced a …
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