Male Bodies and the Lies We Tell About Them: The Making and Faking of Professional Wrestling

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What can a “sport” built around fakery and deception teach us about the lies men tell themselves?

“The thing about infidelity is that sometimes the affair feels ‘truer’ to the cheater than the marriage.”

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This is a comment by wellokaythen on the post “Why Do We Live With Lies in Marriage?”

They’re All Lying to You: Sylvester Stallone, Demi Moore, Photoshop, PEDs, and the Paranoid Style in American Journalism

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Want the “truth” about breaking news stories like Lance Armstrong’s PED confession and the Manti Te’o affair? Oliver Lee Bateman argues that there isn’t any to be discovered.

We’re Getting Catfished

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Still laughing about how poor Manti Te’o got duped? Jim Jividen addresses the ways we’re all being catfished.

“Why can’t we feel safe enough in our intimate relationships to reveal all of ourselves?”

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This is a comment by Nick, mostly on the post “Why Is My Boyfriend Lying to Me About His Past?”.

Growing Up, Not Getting Older

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I tell my son, and I will tell my daughter, that playing dress up begins when you’re five and never truly ends.

Children, Chocolate and Honesty

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In raising children, Seth Jaret learned that being honest may not always be easy, but if we don’t block it, it does come naturally.

5 Lies They Told Me About Being a Man

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You’re the only person who can decide if you’re man enough, Clay Andrews writes.

The Underwater Room

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“He slides his finger up the shaft to catch the trickle of red sap oozing down the damp inner skin of the bark, studies his finger, then shoves his hand into the crowd for them to see.

How My Mother and My Sisters Tried to Make Me Look Like a Monster

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Collin Slattery recounts his mother and sisters, their vicious plan to ruin his life, and the invaluable price of what he gained in order to replace what they took.

Start Snitching

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David Perez looks into the culture of silence and what it did to Penn State.

Honesty, Yeah That’s an Action Word, Too

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When it comes to honesty, Lisa Hickey would rather ignore words and focus on actions.

Men Come With Warning Labels

Paying the Bill

In The New 60, Robert Levithan navigates love and relationships. Here, he wonders whether his dad’s habit of fibbing affects his attraction to “trouble.”