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Six Reasons Why Women Might Ask Men to “Call Me to Confirm”

May 19, 2013 By Victory Unlimited 13 Comments

Victory Unlimited’s advice to a man who can’t figure out why a woman would respond to a date request the way she did.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Sex & Relationships Tagged With: advice, asking out, call, call me to confirm, communication, date, dating, men, relationships, Sex and Relationships, Victory Unlimited, women

“We do NOT live in a perfect world…and until we do, I will remain a gun enthusiast.”

May 4, 2013 By the Editors 7 Comments

This comment is by BlacksmithSEAL on the post “A Liberal and a Gun-Nut Walk Into a Blog”.

Filed Under: Comment of the Day Tagged With: assault, assault weapon, communication, education, gun enthusiast, guns, Huntsville Alabama, Navy Seal, semi-automatic, weapon

The Consent Challenge

April 11, 2013 By Shireen Noble 6 Comments

Shireen Noble offers a personal challenge: a way to actively engage with consent culture in your own life.

Filed Under: Ethics & Values, Featured Content Tagged With: communication, consent, gender stereotypes, NPR, rape culture, relationships, sex education, Shireen Noble, Steubenville

Why Pain Is a Wonderful Thing

April 1, 2013 By Wendy Lynne 5 Comments

pain, injury, emergency, pain signals, body, health, wellness

Don’t kill the messenger: pain is also the source of compassion.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Health, Psych, & Addiction, Male Toughness, Pain, The Good Life Tagged With: bodies, body, change, communication, Compassion, crisis, emergency, emotional pain, empathy, exercise, gratitude, health, human body owner's manual, injury, pain, pain signals, scars, Suffering, survival, Training, trauma, wellness

The Year of Drinking Dangerously

March 17, 2013 By Sintong Gaspari 2 Comments

Sintong Gaspari doesn’t want to be a part of gay culture. But he doesn’t want to be alone, either.

Filed Under: Gender & Sexuality, Trending Tagged With: boyfriend, communication, dating, depression, gay culture, homosexuality, sex, soul

It’s Just Sex, Dammit!

February 20, 2013 By Dork Daddy 129 Comments

Can we allow ourselves to admit that sex just isn’t as important as we make it out to be?

Filed Under: Marriage Tagged With: communication, companionship, dentist, difficulties in life, Dork Daddy, emphasis on sex, fatherhood, I want sex right now, I've had sex with multiple partners, intimacy, intimacy and communication, marriage and life, men who don't cheat, motherhood, parenting, sex and parenting, sex during parenthood, sex in marriage, sexual hysteria, sexuality, the sex thing, trust, why cheat on your wife

Why Do We Live With Lies in Marriage?

February 15, 2013 By D. A. Wolf 25 Comments

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.

Filed Under: Marriage Tagged With: abuse, abuse in marriage, addiction, betrayals, celebrity, celebrity worship, communication, D.A. Wolf, da wolf, Daily Plate of Crazy, Divorce, entitlement, fixation on celebrity, infidelity, lies in marriage, Monogamy, monogamy is dead, neglect, sex in marriage, sexual communication, sexuality, shared values, social norming, social norms, statistics on infidelity, survival, the war on monogamy, values, why monogamy

“It was the scariest thing to admit that I wanted more than a quick romp.”

February 9, 2013 By the Editors Leave a Comment

This comment was by Vironika Tugaleva on the post On Love, Being in Love, and Waiting for a Train I love this article. So honest and beautiful. I love how you said that it’s scary to admit that you need it too. I remember the first time I admitted openly that I wanted gentleness… Love… [...]

Filed Under: Comment of the Day Tagged With: casual sex, coming of age, communication, growing up, kissing frogs, porn culture, Sex Advice, Sex and Relationships

Dear John: A Guest Who Brings a Lot of Baggage

February 9, 2013 By John Simpson, GoLocalProv.com 5 Comments

An old secret threatens a marriage, a girlfriend won’t open up about changes in her life, and a father of three suddenly wants a motorcycle.

Filed Under: Advice & Confessions Tagged With: advice, Affairs, avoidance, college life, communication, danger, decision making, gaining weight, houseguests, infidelity, marriage, motorcycles, risk-taking, secrets, sex, skeletons in the closet

How Much Sex is Too Much Sex?

February 6, 2013 By D. A. Wolf 70 Comments

D.A. Wolf gets into the question everyone wonders about and nobody wants to be the first to ask.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Sex & Relationships Tagged With: aging, booty duty, communication, compatible libidos, D.A. Wolf, how much sex, libido, marital bed death, marital duties, marriage, parenting, relationship skills, relationships, sex, Stereotypes

Urinals, Graffiti, and Boys Being Seen

February 5, 2013 By Earl Hipp 3 Comments

Being invisible in a high price to pay for being a teenage boy.

Filed Under: Disposability of Men, Mentoring and Volunteering, The Good Life Tagged With: adolescence, adulthood, anthropology, art, at-risk youth, boy art, civilization, communication, Culture, graffiti, hangouts, intergenerational relationships, invisibility, invisible boys, Invisible People, Juvenile Delinquents, manhood, mentoring young men, playgrounds, safe spaces, society, sociology, stereotypes of teenage boys, tagging, teenage boys, urinals, welcoming young members, young men, youth, youth art

What Ferris Bueller Teaches Us about the Value of Repetition

February 5, 2013 By Jordan Guernsey Leave a Comment

Say it Again…

Filed Under: Business Ethics Tagged With: Accountability, business, communication, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, influence, integrity, repetition, Work

Loving Black Men: A Personal History

February 4, 2013 By Johnathan Fields 2 Comments

Johnathan Fields recalls the course of his life so far, as measured by black men he has loved.

Filed Under: Advice & Confessions, Featured Content, Gay & Bisexual Men, Gender & Sexuality Tagged With: black men, blackness, communication, gay, heartbreak, homophobia, homosexuality, honesty, Johnathan Fields, Malkia Cyril, Marlon Riggs, Memoir, race, Racism, relationships, romance, Sex and Relationships, Stereotypes

Bullied Teen Taken Off Life Support After Suicide Attempt

January 29, 2013 By Noah Brand 1 Comment

Another teenager is dead by his own hand. Noah Brand talks about why this keeps happening.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: communication, emotion, fear, it gets better, Jadin Bell, KATU, La Grande, Noah Brand, Oregon, suicide, teen suicide

My Mom Writes About Our Family Struggles – Part Four

January 17, 2013 By Josh Bowman Leave a Comment

A few months back, my family nearly fell apart. Here’s how it all went down from my mom’s perspective. In this post, we negotiate our new relationship.

Filed Under: Ten Things I've Learned Tagged With: communication, dad, family, miscommunication, mom, Sex and Relationships, sister, sweater, tough experiences, warwhatisitgoodfor

U.S. Military Suicides Reach New High

January 16, 2013 By the Editors 6 Comments

Why are troops taking their own lives in steadily increasing numbers?

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: air force, Army, communication, department of defense, depression, isolation, Marine Corps, military, military suicide, Navy, Pentagon, probable suicide, suicide, suicide hotline

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David R. Dow: Lessons From Death Row Inmates (TEDTalk VIDEO)

David R. Dow is an attorney in Texas who has defended over 100 death row inmates over the last 20 years.

HuffPost Live: Decapitating Extremism (VIDEO)

Mike Sacks discusses the attack in Woolwich, London, and extremism with a panel of experts on Islam and the Quran.

Our Mission: The Vasectomy Files 8

The Vasectomy Project is encouraging men to join forces and take responsibly for family planning. This is an opportunity to bring people together to talk about our collective responsibility while offering men a concrete way to contribute towards a solution by having a vasectomy.