D. A. Wolf is pleased that work and family issues are taking center stage in today’s New York Times. But she thinks the article misses the bigger issues of the economic forces at play in today’s world—for both genders.
On Happy-Peachy Divorce Advice
A healthy critique of the idea that divorced people should just mellow out and move forward.
Marriage To a Loner: Walking Down the Aisle Alone
D.A. Wolf’s experience in marrying (and subsequently divorcing) a loner.
I’d Benefit From a Traditional Wife
Whose life wouldn’t be easier with a homemaker on staff?
Why Do People Expect Us to Remarry?
A divorced woman joins her partner to attend a party of surprisingly welcoming married couples. The experience gets her thinking about social expectations.
Why Do We Live With Lies in Marriage?
We’re fixated on infidelity, even entertained by it. But there are worse breaches of trust, unglamorous difficulties that stress and end marriages, problems our society tends to very badly.
Has Obligation Become a Dirty Word?
It’s necessary to consider what we believe we’re obliged to do in our marriage, and what the consequences are when we fail.
How Much Sex is Too Much Sex?
D.A. Wolf gets into the question everyone wonders about and nobody wants to be the first to ask.
I’d Rather Have a Man Friend Than a Boyfriend
D.A. Wolf is too old for “dates” with “boys”… so what’s the right word for the men she likes?
Faithful Women Wanted
What an ad calling for “faithful women” says about the dating mentality of men, nowadays…