'The Good Wife's Guide' from 1965

On May 13, 1965, Housekeeping Monthly offered the following advice to women in what they called "The Good Wife's Guide":

Plan ahead, even ...

Porn Is Truly a Global Problem

While it is often stated that 90 percent of the world's pornography can be traced back to San Fernando, California, this material reaches around the ...

Our Culture's Three Views of Marriage

New York Times columnist David Brooks argues that there are three different lenses through which to think about marriage decisions—the psychological, ...

Sexual Immorality from Ancient Rome to Bangkok or Las Vegas

In his book, A Fellowship of Differents, Dr. Scot McKnight describes an eye-opening walk he once took down the Roman roads of ancient Pompeii. The volcano ...

How Long It Takes for Romance Chemicals to Dissipate

When scientists studied the brain chemistry of the newly love struck they found that certain chemicals are elevated when love is new. Researchers at the ...

Unrealistic Expectations in Marital Intimacy

Marriage therapist Lori Gottlieb claims that modern marriages are often fraught with incredibly high expectations, especially around sexual satisfaction. ...

'Time Magazine' Asks 'Is Monogamy Over?'

Time magazine recently featured an article that asked, "Is monogamy over?" The article offered various opinions, including "monogamy is ...

Surprising Factors That Predict Divorce

Two researchers at Emory University studied 3,000 married couples in the U.S. to determine the factors that predicted divorce. They discovered some surprising ...

IKEA Furniture—Just Don't Do It!

"If you have assembled a piece of Ikea furniture with a partner, then you have probably argued with a partner about assembling a piece of Ikea furniture." ...

Mozart Worked Hard to Be Creative

In 1815, Germany's General Music Journal published a letter in which allegedly Mozart described his creative process:

When I am, as it were, completely ...