Witnessing the Painful Fallout of Female Promiscuity

01.22.2013

Last week, new reader Nancy stumbled onto an old post I wrote about one risk of female promiscuity that no one likes to talk about. It led her to share a story that is painful to read, but I offer it here as a public service announcement.  Millennial women, be aware. Feminism did not rid [...]

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Relationship Advice to My Young Self

01.18.2013

Much of the best advice at HUS comes in the form of comments from people who have acquired the wisdom of age and experience. This week Tasmin made the following observation when discussing how frequently the sexes find themselves at cross purposes re expectations around dating: It is our responsibility to establish communication patterns that [...]

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The Endurance of Courtship

01.15.2013

Thanks to all the readers who sent me the link to the Alex Williams’ New York Times article The End of Courtship? this past weekend. The article accurately lays out how at least some people conduct their romantic lives (sex lives?) today.  A musician asked Shani, 30, out on a date for Friday night. She next [...]

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Live! Girls Season 2 Premiere

01.13.2013

Finally, after all these months, Girls is back!  Tweet Pin It

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We Need a Vaccine Against Narcissism

01.11.2013

This seems like a good place to stick my reminder about Live Blogging for Girls this weekend.  I’ll be here dishing about the Season 2 premiere on Sunday at 9PM EST. Please join me to watch and give your impressions! Now back to regular HUS programming.   Jean Twenge has completed her analysis of the [...]

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The Shameful Truth About Our Treatment of Boys

01.10.2013

A new study of nearly 6,000 elementary school children has found that boys are discriminated against beginning in kindergarten. Christopher Cornwell, an economics professor at the University of Georgia, says that ”gender disparities in teacher grades start early and uniformly favor girls.” Despite having higher scores on standardized tests, boys get lower grades than girls. Why? [...]

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The Least Expensive Makeover You’ll Ever Find

01.08.2013

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Will He Ever Open Up and Let Me In?

01.07.2013

Hey guys, it’s my first time here. I’ve been dating my boyfriend for 9 months now and am a little unsure of whether to continue the relationship. I would really appreciate your opinion (sorry in advance, it’s a bit long!). We met about 9 months ago at a bar, he was the perfect gentleman and [...]

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Girls Liveblog on Jan. 13th

01.06.2013

I’m so eager to commit to Season 2 of Girls that I showed up too early for the event. My bad. Postponed one week. So disappointing. I was thinking of Downton Abbey, but I don’t want to liveblog about that. Bleh. Sorry for the false alarm. Tweet Pin It

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Live Blogging the Girls Premiere!

01.05.2013

UPDATE:  OOPS, THE GIRLS PREMIERE IS NEXT SUNDAY, 1/13. SEE YOU THEN. I’ll be live blogging the Girls Season 2  premiere tomorrow night at 9 pm EST. Many thanks to Jackie for the suggestion. Sit down with your laptop and join me to dish about our favorite characters and their best lines. I’ve installed live [...]

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