Entries Tagged as 'dating'

Saturday, December 31st, 2011

The Date Rape Drug Is An Urban Myth. Let’s Put It to Rest. – The Sexist

How has the “date rape drug” myth gained so much traction in the public consciousness? The study floats a theory: The worry over “date rape drugs” helps “give shape to otherwise nebulous threats,” in turn”allowing us to displace worry about other, less manageable threats.” We drum up concern over the risk of “date rape drugs”—then [...]

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

She’s Your Biggest Fan

Rejecting people, whether you’re doing it blatantly (“Go away and leave me alone”) or indirectly (“Oh, I’m actually really busy this weekend, maybe another time”) is actually an awkward and uncomfortable situation that nobody enjoys. Very, very few people in this world ENJOY being an asshole or hurting someone else’s feelings. Now imagine having to [...]

Friday, July 15th, 2011

Les Sapeurs: Gentlemen Of The Congo

May I present La Société des Ambianceurs et Persons Élégants or in English: the Society for the Advancement of People of Elegance. As that is a mouthful so it is just SAPE. “Sape” comes from a French slang that means “dressing with class” and the term Sapeur is an African word that refers to someone [...]

Friday, July 15th, 2011

Les Sapeurs: Gentlemen Of The Congo

May I present La Société des Ambianceurs et Persons Élégants or in English: the Society for the Advancement of People of Elegance. As that is a mouthful so it is just SAPE. “Sape” comes from a French slang that means “dressing with class” and the term Sapeur is an African word that refers to someone [...]

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

The Benefits of Non-Monogamy

1. Non-monogamy forces each partner to continue to work proactively on the relationship. Truthfully, even in monogamous situations, each partner should continue to work proactively on the relationship, but how many of us actually do? When we can put the official stamp on a relationship and say “This person is my girlfriend/boyfriend,” there is a [...]

Monday, April 11th, 2011

‘Hookups’ can turn into meaningful relationships, study suggests

n an analysis of relationship surveys, UI sociologist Anthony Paik found that average relationship quality was higher for individuals who waited until things were serious to have sex compared to those who became sexually involved in “hookups,” “friends with benefits,” or casual dating relationships. But having sex early on wasn’t to blame for the disparity. [...]

Sunday, April 3rd, 2011

Peak Break-Up Times On Facebook

via informationisbeautiful.net Via Jon Osborne.

Monday, March 28th, 2011

To the brain, getting burned, getting dumped feel the same

Science has finally confirmed what anyone who’s ever been in love already knows: Heartbreak really does hurt. In a new study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers have found that the same brain networks that are activated when you’re burned by hot coffee also light up when you think about a lover who has [...]

Friday, March 25th, 2011

What Women Find Physically Attractive in Men

“Overall, body attractiveness was a better predictor of self-reported mating success than facial attractiveness. In line with our main hypothesis, we found a positive relationship between a composite measure of men’s physical fitness (PF) and men’s body attractiveness. This was obtained not only for aggregated attractiveness ratings but also for all 27 female raters individually. [...]

Saturday, March 19th, 2011

Vicky, Christina, Barcelona – We’ll make love scene

via youtube.com Man, Javier Bardem exudes charisma.