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  • Sexual politics, current and ancient

    While I appreciate Davidson's views about the role of sexual politics in ancient Greece, we cannot play that here because there are too many differences due to history, and the impact of science and technology on culture. A better example might be ancient Rome and it's mix of cultures, especially after the rise of Christianity. Any same-sex ...
    Posted to Books by johnsopinion on September 23, 2009

  • Daisy's relationship might be worthwhile

    Prudie, I think you were uncharacteristically judgmental in your response to Daisy Buchanan. Keep in mind that the original Daisy Buchanan would never have written such a letter. This “Daisy” at least sees her boyfriend’s flaws and is introspective enough to worry about her own motivations. Her relationship with her stoner boyfriend clearly isn’t ...
    Posted to Dear Prudence by brian112358 on September 21, 2009

  • Help a nagging wife?

    My husband mispronounces nearly every slightly unfamiliar word. It's somewhat endearing (his mother does it, too), but I'm finding my response to it a little worrying. I get annoyed sometimes (why doesn't he even *try* to get it right!), but I suspect it's because he's a very fast reader who doesn't notice the order of individual letters. ...
    Posted to Dear Prudence by starsha on July 10, 2009

  • Re: Rumpy Pumpy on the Pampas

    It actually wasn't. We hear this saying all the time as kind of a back-handed criticism of those who try to live Biblically today, but just because men in the Bible had multiple wives, it doesn't mean that the Scripture ever approved it as right or good. I'm reminded of Jesus' teaching on divorce -- just because the Torah provided sanction for ...
    Posted to Explainer by slodavid on July 1, 2009

  • Prudie's terrible masturbation advice.

    I have to say, that was some of the worst advice I've read by Prudie. As can be seen from this article: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/when-sex-leaves-the-marriage/ and the thirty eight pages of comments it's inspired, people have vastly different sexual needs and expectations when it comes to frequency, duration, etc. One of the more ...
    Posted to Dear Prudence by neomoderaterevolution on June 11, 2009

  • Banktrupcy article about Edmund Andrews

    I heard him on NPR and just read the NYT article discussed in XX factor. And frankly, I have ZERO pity. Not to be harsh, but he and his wife knew how much they had and they knew they had a huge mortgage and while he scrimped and saved she spent and spent not wanting to be nickel and dimed. If you are broke JCrew, Gap, Starbucks, and the rest are ...
    Posted to XX Factor by Callie1978 on May 19, 2009

  • 'Til unhappiness do us part?

    I must voice my disagreement: a mother's affair is very much her daughter's business, even if it is only an emotional affair. The daughter--no matter what age--has a vested interest in the integrity of her parents' relationship. If her mother is unhappy in her marriage, that does not give her the right to find another. Let's also remember that ...
    Posted to Dear Prudence by mkrumm on May 7, 2009

  • Don't Conflate Marriage, Women and Childbearing

    There's are a lot of implicit value judgments in Regnerus' article, many unjustified. He seems to think women are completely at fault for rising marriage ages. He seems to think rising marriage ages are bad. He seems to think women are only valuable for their fertility. Really? Maybe he needs to sample some undergrads outside Texas. 1) It ...
    Posted to XX Factor by ockeghem on April 27, 2009

  • More marrying young

    It's not that I think people should marry young or must marry young to have successful, meaningful life, or anything like that. And I don't think that's what Mark Regnerus was saying, either. When I said yes to a proposal from my then 23-year-old boyfriend of more than five years, most of my eastern seaboard friends were skeptical. A friend's ...
    Posted to XX Factor by AIS3 on April 27, 2009

  • Abusive relationships can be emotional

    Emotional abuse is another facet that people need to look at as well. I am in an emotionally abusive marriage. There is no physical violence, yet. But I am in therapy now, and plotting to get away before this happens. But it isn't an easy road....dependency is something you can't just leave behind. And beginning your life again at 50 with no one ...
    Posted to XX Factor Extra by Ladyelaine on April 13, 2009
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