What Women Really Want From Men
This list of 35 brutally honest truths will tell you what women really want from men. Let’s just say I’m trying to promote cross-cultural understanding. Think of this as an Instruction Manual.
1. Women don’t tell each other everything.
We don’t share a lot of intimate sexual details. OK, if you’re hung like a stallion, it [...]
25 Totally Awesome Things I Love About Men
My son is back from college, and it’s great to have him around. Most of the rebellion and conflict is behind us at this point, so we can hang out together and enjoy each other’s company. He’s a faithful reader of Hooking Up Smart, supportive and encouraging. He thinks I am way too hard on [...]
You Gotta Make Him Work for the Cookie
The comedian Steve Harvey has written a bestseller called Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man. He says it’s his first project ever that isn’t about the money: “This book right here I did purely to empower women.” He was inspired to write it after his father-in-law asked his daughter’s boyfriend what his intentions [...]
What Snowblowers Can Teach Us About Men
As someone who writes about hooking up and casual sex, I think a lot about the innate differences between women and men. While there is no doubt in my mind that we’re extremely different psychologically, it’s a topic that frequently stirs controversy. Women in the media are especially prone to getting their Hanky Pankies in [...]
Vampires Make the Best Boyfriends
I’ve gotten really obsessed with HBO’s True Blood this fall. The main vampire character and leading man is Bill Compton, played with steamy intensity by Stephen Moyer. He’s recently returned to his hometown of Bon Temps, Louisiana in search of whatever humanity he still retains, and has promptly fallen for Sookie Stackhouse, a young [...]