American Life in Poetry circulates poems for media to reprint. “Matinee” captures the heart of what a marriage can be… American Life in Poetry: Column 124BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, 2004-2006Here is a lovely poem about survival by Patrick Phillips of New York. People sometimes ask me “What are poems for?” and “Matinee” is […]
Marriage
Survey: Faithfulness is the No. 1 Key to Making a Marriage Work (explicit language)
On July 1, the Pew Research Center released a detailed survey about American attitudes towards marriage and childraising. What particularly caught our eye was what the public believes is key to making a marriage work–faithfulness tops the charts, with over 90% saying it’s “very important to a successful marriage”. You won’t get that message from […]
Marriage is Undersold in America
Most high school seniors value “having a good marriage and family life”, but for many, this does not become their reality. The odds can be improved by making the benefits of marriage more widely known, and by making more of an effort to share knowledge about how quality intimate relationships work. David Popenoe writes for […]
Strip Club Tips: How to Savor an Exquisite Blend of Fantasies, Lies, Exploitation and Despair (explicit language)
The Strip Poker Men’s Club provides a helpful guide to achieving just the right balance of fantasy, exploitation, lies and despair in “Understanding The Stripper Psyche So You Can Have Fun and Not Lose Your Wallet” [explicit link, typos in original]: …be aware, the stripper is animalistic creature; a product of evolution, they have evolved […]
Steve and Cokie Roberts Report on Marriage: A Good Idea that Refuses to Die
Steve and Cokie Roberts have been married for 41 years. They have two children, six grandchildren, four books published, a joint syndicated newspaper column, and countless bylines and media appearances. Bethesda Magazine profiles them and four other couples in “Love stories”, July/August 2007… Steve, who’s been the Shapiro Professor of Media and Public Affairs at […]
The Impact of Internet Pornography on Marriage and the Family: A Review of the Research
Jill Manning is a Social Sciences Fellow in Domestic Policy for the Heritage Foundation. She testified about the impact of porn to the US Senate in November 2005 (transcript). She summarizes her findings: Since the advent of the Internet, the pornography industry has profited from an unprecedented proximity to the home, work and school environments. […]
“Singles Expert”: Partner Objects to Porn? Sneak It When She’s Not Around
There are wise advice columnists, and then there are others. Don Diebel, “Americas #1 Singles Expert”, advises men to conceal their porn use from a mate until they can assess her attitude towards it. If she doesn’t like it, says Don, sneak it when she’s not around… My focus this week is on pornography. You […]
“Spousal Use of Pornography and Its Clinical Significance for Asian-American Women”
Eunjung Ryu published her research paper, “Spousal Use of Pornography and Its Clinical Significance for Asian-American Women: Koren Women as an Illustration”, in Journal of Feminist Family Therapy 2004 (Vol.16 No.4). The complete article is available from The Haworth Document Delivery Service. Ryu examines the impact of porn on sexual attitudes, relationships between couples, and […]
I Was a ‘Self-Esteem Vampire’: A Woman’s Journey Out of Watching Porn (explicit language)
For blogger Biting Beaver, the special ‘juice’ of porn lay not in the sex but in the domination, the degradation of others for her viewing pleasure. She describes her journey into–and out of–watching porn: Women and Pornography: My Story …It’s almost as if the phrase, “But BB, women look at porn too” is intended to […]
Testimony from Northampton Shelter for Battered Women: Half of Abusers Use Pornography as a Part of the Abuse (explicit)
Massachusetts legislators heard testimony about peoples’ encounters with porn at a hearing on March 16, 1992. This account appears in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.423-425). Submission of Gail Kielson, Boston, Massachusetts My name is Gail Kielson and I work at Necessities/Necesidades, an organization in Northampton, Massachusetts that provides services to battered […]