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Are you starting 2023 feeling disheartened by the dating game, or as if your partner doesn’t give you the respect you deserve? Have you tried to be kind and caring in relationships, only to end up feeling as if you’re constantly taken advantage of? Does each date wear down your selfesteem a little more, leaving you exhausted and unhappy? I suspect many women will answer ‘yes’ to these questions. If you’re one of them, you need to read my story. I’m no ‘sexpert’ or vastly confident relationship guru, promising easy answers. But I have found a way to truly enjoy...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WKRC) - A woman was arrested after allegedly attacking her husband at the airport when she found "indecent" photos on his phone, according to airport police. Paula Barbour, 55, was charged with domestic violence on Wednesday at the Charleston International Airport, according to WCBD. Officers were requested for a domestic dispute between Barbour and her husband just before 3 p.m. A police report states that surveillance video showed Barbour kicking her husband, throwing his phone at him, and attempting to hit his face. Barbour was released Thursday on a $5,237 bond.

During my "dating career" as a man living in North America I couldn't help noticing that women often have unrealistic expectations. They see themselves being passed around by those high quality men they feel entitled for, failing to realize those few men are in high demand. Time passes, options shrink, their standards don't change and they wonder why they are still single. The stats can prove there're not enough high quality men for every girl out there. The Female Delusion Calculator is a tool that can help women discern what is realistic from what is highly unlikely.

Exhausted and overwhelmed, Gretchen Miller felt the frustration of the past three years rise up within her. On a whim the 54-year-old from Sydney posted a message to her local community Facebook group. “Does anyone else feel like screaming?” she asked. The responses poured in. “I want to scream because of climate change and economic inequality,” one woman wrote. “Because of real estate agents and landlords,” said another. “My fiancé decided he didn’t love me anymore,” read one reply. Miller said she received more than 100 messages in the first hour. From that callout, the Shout Sisters group was formed....

If you're looking for love but are plagued by a promiscuous past, fear not. Having multiple sexual partners does not affect your marriage chances in the long-term, a study suggests. Instead, the effects of promiscuity on marriage rates is 'seasonal' and the number of sexual partners accrued over a lifetime does not appear to have an impact, scientists say.

I only learned this recently, but I was aware that women will start fights to get their man to leave so that she can monkeybranch with other men to try relationships and see if she can find somebody she prefers. I just wasn't aware that they will start a fight and break up and then call him up in the morning and tell him that he wants to reconcile because broke up with him so she could have sex with another guy that night. In truth, she wanted to have sex with another guy and still keep her man and...

first started using dating apps in 2016, when I found myself newly separated. Having been in a relationship with my now ex-husband for almost 10 years, I found dating had completely transformed in the decade I'd been out of the game. It was now all about "the apps": Tinder and Bumble were now the place to go to get a date. I know I'm not the only millennial who has emerged into this new landscape after a long-term relationship and could have really done with a map to navigate it—or at least a friendly guide. Instead, I embarked on three...

Dating apps like Tinder are negatively affecting college students by causing trust issues, body dysmorphia and self-doubt.Since arriving at Syracuse University, I haven’t met a soul that hasn’t had some sort of experience with dating apps. Some may be looking for casual hookups, some may just be using it for fun, while others may be using these apps to find a relationship. During the past couple of years since the pandemic, dating app usage has skyrocketed, with Tinder recording 300 billion swipes in a day and other dating apps recording an increase in activity. Hookup culture can be great...

Science is finding that women struggle more than men when it comes to staying faithful in relationships. “Even when your marriage is good, you still miss that rush of feeling so excited you can’t eat or sleep when you’re having such an intense time emotionally and sexually with a new person. That’s what I kept going after, and what I couldn’t say no to.” That’s how Annika*, 45, from Melbourne, describes her experiences with cheating, and she’s far from alone. According to a growing body of research, many women in long-term relationships are sexually adventurous and have secret lovers. The...

I know regretting most of my sexual encounters is not something a sex-positive feminist who used to write a column for Playboy is supposed to admit. And for years, I didn’t. Let me be clear, being a “slut” and sleeping with a lot of men is not the only behavior I regret. Even more damaging was what I told myself in order to justify the fact that I was disposable to these men: I told myself I didn’t care. I didn’t care when a man ghosted me. I didn’t care when he left in the middle of the night or...

"Drag queens make everything better. Drag queens are fun," Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel gushed. "A drag queen for every school! That is what would be fine for a kid." "Drag storytellers, and the libraries and schools that support them, are advancing a love of diversity, personal expression, and literacy that is core to what our city embraces," New York City Mayor Eric Adams tweeted after a newspaper report that the city had spent over $200,000 on transgender strip shows and other drag acts in public venues, including schools and libraries. At 53 and 61, Dana Nessel and Eric Adams...

This self-confessed mistress is revealing the four distinct lies that men tell their wives when they’re cheating. Amy Kupps, 32, only sleeps with married men and “doesn’t care” that she’s a homewrecker. “Cheaters are a thrill in bed, mainly because they haven’t been pleased in years so they are willing to do whatever it takes to get me excited,” the brazen brunette told Jam Press.

Alexandra Hunt isn't shying away from her former career as a stripper in her run for Congress in Philadelphia— she's leaning into it. The 28-year-old leftist running for Congress in the city's 3rd District took a vow of transparency about her dancing days and an abortion at 18 years old in a recent OpEd for Daily Kos, making honesty the foundation of her campaign platform.

Research from the Center for Work-Life Policy shows mid-level, professional women need powerful, senior executives to help promote them to the next level of management. In that same CWLP study, 34% of executive women claim they know a female colleague who has had an affair with a boss. Furthermore, 15% of women at the director level or above admitted to having affairs themselves. And worse, 37% claim the action was rewarded: they said that women involved in affairs received a career boost as a result. Meanwhile, all this hanky-panky is really screwing the rest of us, says Slyvia Ann Hewlett...

While recording a video for her customers, a webcam model has accidentally shot herself in the vagina. According to reports the incident occurred inside her home earlier this month. Police were called to an “accidental gunshot wound” at a residence in Thomaston, Georgia, USA, shortly before noon on November 9. A sheriff’s deputy arrived to the scene to find a paramedic holding an unloaded handgun and a spent bullet casing, who told police: “The female had shot herself in her vagina, accidentally.” It is believed the model is named Lauren Hunter Daman, 27. She was reportedly alone inside her bedroom...

Former Chicago Cubs star Ben Zobrist filed a lawsuit last month alleging that his former minister had a sexual relationship with his wife and defrauded his charity foundation, according to the Chicago Tribune. Zobrist is seeking $6 million in damages in the lawsuit against Byron Yawn, his former pastor and current CEO of a Nashville-area counseling firm. It was filed last month in Nashville Circuit Court. Zobrist and his wife, Julianna, started attending the Community Bible Church in 2005. Yawn, the senior pastor at that church, started serving as the couple’s pre-marital counselor that year, per the report. Yawn is...

Police arrested a Newnan woman who is accused of having sex without disclosing that she's HIV positive. Rebekah Diane Fleming, 25, is charged with two counts of reckless conduct by someone with HIV.

It’s official. The “Dixie Chicks” are no more. From now on they want to be known as just “The Chicks”: Dixie Chicks are changing their name: The trio is now called The Chicks. https://t.co/sTAI98Fenj — Pitchfork

“My boyfriend can’t get over how many people I’ve slept with. I shouldn’t have told him, but he pressed me for the info. He was 'nerdy’ for most of high school and college, and just started coming into his own in his mid to late 20s. I have been dating consistently for years, and have had my fair share of hookups and relationships. And while I don’t think my number is crazy at all, he can’t deal with the discrepancy. We’ve been dating for two years and we’re serious. I don’t want to break up. How can I handle this?”...

FULL TITLE: Dozens of scantily-clad students dress as naughty nuns and take to the streets of Sydney - but they're not on a night out Students at some of Sydney's most prestigious universities are protesting anti-abortion laws by dressing up as 'naughty nuns' and posing in front of churches. Members of The Women's Collective chapters at the University of New South Wales, University of Sydney and Macquarie University joined hundreds of women at the 'our bodies our choice' rally in Sydney on Saturday. 'We were so proud to be a part of this team! Christ compelled us,' members of the...