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On AlterNet: relationships

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "relationships"

Becoming a Smug Married

Becoming a Smug Married

The FriskyMay 7, 2008.
I used to hate boring, smug married people -- until I began to suspect that I had turned into one of them.

Without Ceremony: How I've Managed to Avoid Getting Married for Forty Years

Without Ceremony: How I've Managed to Avoid Getting Married for Forty Years

Lisa Gabriele, Nerve.com. May 1, 2008.
For an institution associated with a 50 percent failure rate and bad sex, marriage still has surprisingly many takers -- not me.

Cruising the Cubicles: The Do's and Don'ts of Office Romance

Cruising the Cubicles: The Do's and Don'ts of Office Romance

American Sexuality MagazineApril 29, 2008.
Stephanie Losee and Helaine Olen on finding and managing romantic relationships in the workplace.

Panty-Sniffing Gets 21st Century

Panty-Sniffing Gets 21st Century

Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. April 24, 2008.
Semen detectors don't detect much but they do degrade human relationships.

Lust in Translation: Which Country Has the Highest Rates of Infidelity?

Lust in Translation: Which Country Has the Highest Rates of Infidelity?

Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Books. April 2, 2008.
Infidelity is universal. But which country boasts the most cheaters?

What's Wrong with Staying Single?

What's Wrong with Staying Single?

Bella M. DePaulo, American Sexuality Magazine. February 18, 2008.
The significance of getting married has changed dramatically in recent decades. When will our views of single people catch up?

Virgin or Slut: Pick One

Virgin or Slut: Pick One

Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. December 20, 2007.
Why teenagers are so screwed up about sex and their bodies.

The Case for Open Relationships

The Case for Open Relationships

Rachel Kramer Bussel, Huffington Post. December 15, 2007.
Polyamorous relationships need trust and communication -- not so different from monogamous ones.

Prude: New Book Rolls Sexuality Back Centuries

Prude: New Book Rolls Sexuality Back Centuries

Rachel Kramer Bussel, AlterNet. December 14, 2007.
Carol Platt Liebau's new book is the worst in a recent spate of teen-sex-shockfests.

2007's Top 10 Sex and Relationships Stories

2007's Top 10 Sex and Relationships Stories

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. December 12, 2007.
Articles on monogamy, porn and GOP sex scandals -- all in one place.

Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic

Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic

Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. November 28, 2007.
Could more distance be the key to keeping the passion in long-term relationships?

Study Finds That Feminists Have Better Relationships, Sex Lives

Study Finds That Feminists Have Better Relationships, Sex Lives

Jill Filipovic, AlterNet: PEEK. October 17, 2007.
Jill Filipovic: Partnerships between equals, and between two people who perceive their partners as equal, are going to be healthier.

Is Monogamy Natural?

Is Monogamy Natural?

Anneli Rufus, AlterNet. July 25, 2007.
A lifetime of love versus a quick roll with a stranger. It's funny how we can have two seemingly opposite urges at the same time.

Can Women Separate Love and Sex?

Can Women Separate Love and Sex?

Jennifer Armstrong, Sirens Magazine. July 11, 2007.
Sex, like eating, is a biological drive, and you will lose your mind if you repress it for too long. But some women stave off the need much longer than others.

Is Technology Bad for Relationships?

Is Technology Bad for Relationships?

Samantha Edwards, Sirens Magazine. June 27, 2007.
What happened to handwriting? What happened to privacy on a date? What happened to friends-of-friends? What happened to it not being so easy to pretend to be something we’re not?

Sexy with a Disability

Sexy with a Disability

Alessandra Djurklou, Sirens Magazine. May 14, 2007.
The media rarely portray the disabled as sexy. Brave, yes. Melancholy, sure. Angry about their lot, check. One woman shares her story of dating while disabled.

Straight and In the Closet on Valentine's Day

Straight and In the Closet on Valentine's Day

Julie Enszer, AlterNet. February 14, 2007.
One woman challenges readers to go the whole day without revealing the gender of their sweetie.

Cell phones & teen abuse

Cell phones & teen abuse

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: PEEK. February 13, 2007.
Vanessa Valenti: Sure, but is restriction the answer?

Independent Women Can Choose to 'Date Down'

Independent Women Can Choose to 'Date Down'

Molly Faulkner-Bond, Sirens Magazine. December 2, 2006.
Women's increased ability to provide for themselves has given them more freedom to decide what they want from a partner.