women
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In the Fifties and Sixties, my mom was hardly a Trad Wife: she had fallen in love and married, yes…and then she constantly worked because we couldn’t get by on my father’s salary as a subway worker. She also hated household maintenance, and had no interest (or competence) in the joys of “making food from
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Hetero-pessimism? I have to confess it: I love men. Not all of them, of course, but that’s the sex I’m romantically and physically attracted to, like it or not. I also have a bunch of male friends I’m not attracted to, and that’s been enriching for me. Why do I get along well with males?
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M.A.F.S. English professor or not, I’m not embarrassed to admit that I’m a Married at First Sight super-fan. I’ve seen every season since the first, and even with its poor rate of successful marriages (maybe better than The Bachelor/Bachelorette, though), I find it fascinating. Why? Because it’s so difficult to predict which couples will stay
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Let’s say you have to choose Door A or Door B for your future life. Behind Door A is a person you could love passionately all your life. But your fate is to spend only a short time with Person A, and you cannot know how long. Behind Door B is a person you’ll be
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Not long ago a question came up in my Women and Literature class: Who should pay for the first date? My students eagerly participated in the discussion, even the ones who hadn’t done the reading or never talked in class. ALL my female students said they expected the man to pay, certainly for the first
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… My mind went straight to this: Wait, this guy had a GIRLFRIEND? He was 63, a disgruntled loner, not a looker. I doubt he had Ted Bundy’s charm. So what the hell? Why do these men always seem to have a girlfriend in the wings? I want to know how…
Susan Ostrov 