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More Young Women Want to Earn the Big Bucks

Matt Cantor — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:26:42 CDT

Among today's young people, more young women are eager to rake in cash than are their male counterparts. Some two-thirds of 18- to 34-year-old women say a successful, high-paying job is "one of the most important things" or "very important" to them, a Pew report finds, compared to 59% of...

Hey, Guys: Women Are Better People Than You

Matt Cantor — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:26:58 CDT

Women are the more moral sex, making choices in light of others' needs, a study suggests. Men, on the other hand, tend to focus on themselves, the Telegraph reports. The female approach "tends to produce better decisions," says the philosopher who conducted the study. But both sexes become more moral...

Psychologists to Guys: Shave Your Beard

Matt Cantor — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 11:21:05 CST

To beard or not to beard? Amid much contradictory research, a group of psychologists was determined to find out once and for all whether women prefer the scruffy look. Turns out they don't, the New Zealand and Canadian researchers discovered. They showed 200 women from New Zealand and Samoa pictures...

New Low-Cal Dr Pepper 'Not for Women'

Matt Cantor — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:51:15 CDT

Dr Pepper knows men can't stand high heels, hate romantic comedies, and would never be caught drinking diet soda. The soft drink firm aims to change that last trait: It is marketing its latest low-calorie soda, Dr Pepper Ten, as absolutely "not for women," the AP reports. The drink's Facebook...

1 in 50 Central American Men Murdered by Age 31: UN

Kate Schwartz — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:07:05 CDT

This is basically insane: A new UN report says that one in 50 Central American 20-year-old men will be murdered before they turn 31. Unsurprisingly, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime says the situation is nearing a "crisis point." The report places much of the blame on violence between...

1 in 4 Men Fall in Love in 'Seconds'

Matt Cantor — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:05:08 CDT

Forget notches on the bedpost: When it comes to true love, men fall hard fast. Most think they can tell whether it’s “the real thing” after a single date, whereas women aren’t certain until the sixth, a study finds. For nearly a quarter of men, things move even faster: They...

An Ode to Hairy Chests

Matt Cantor — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:00:43 CDT

There’s a key issue we’re forgetting in this whole Anthony Weiner scandal: His hairlessness, both on his chest and, apparently, elsewhere . “Depilation is increasingly visible among straight men, and it's a damn shame,” writes Tracy Clark-Flory at Salon . Sure, some women like men “as smooth as a Sphynx cat,” but...

Men Often Say 'I Love You' First

Kevin Spak — Wed, 04 May 2011 14:55:05 CDT

Women may have a reputation for romance, but when it comes to saying the magic words—“I love you”—it turns out they’re a good deal slower than men. According to a study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , two-thirds of couples report that guys said the words...

Men, Women Starting to Look More Alike

John Johnson — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:43:10 CDT

Anthropologists comparing ancient skulls to modern ones say it's getting harder to tell the girls from the boys. North Carolina State researchers who examined skulls from Spain and Portugal going back to the 16th century say that the differences between male and female specimens have diminished over the ages, reports...