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The power of compartmentalization…
February 18, 2014 Comments Off on The power of compartmentalization…

NY Times –

A study called “Egalitarianism, Housework and Sexual Frequency in Marriage,” which appeared in The American Sociological Review last year, surprised many, precisely because it went against the logical assumption that as marriages improve by becoming more equal, the sex in these marriages will improve, too. Instead, it found that when men did certain kinds of chores around the house, couples had less sex.
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Is sexual intimacy important to you?
February 15, 2014 Comments Off on Is sexual intimacy important to you?

LA Times

Four years into the study, 534 of the participants completed a questionnaire called the Female Sexual Function Index, or FSFI. A total of 354 reported that they were sexually active at that time.

Four years after that, these women were asked: “During the past six months, have you engaged in any sexual activities with a partner?”
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Truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
January 25, 2014 Comments Off on Truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

PsychCentral

Cheaters who confessed just part of their wrongdoing were also judged more harshly by others than cheaters who didn’t confess at all, according to five experiments involving 4,167 people from all over the United States.

The research is published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

“Confessing to only part of one’s transgressions is attractive to a lot of people because they expect the confession to be more believable and guilt-relieving than not confessing,” said lead author Eyal Pe’er, Ph.D.
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Are disagreements and conflicts bad for your marriage?
December 19, 2013 Comments Off on Are disagreements and conflicts bad for your marriage?

Huffington Post

Researchers at the University of Auckland wanted to find out if the secret to a happy marriage was due to doing what your partner wanted most of the time or doing what you felt was right.

The study, which involved a New Zealand couple, had to be abandoned before the 12 day period because the man fell into a deep depression as a result of the exercise.
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What really happens when men don’t talk?
December 6, 2013 Comments Off on What really happens when men don’t talk?

Psych Central

I suggest that one overlooked reason that men find themselves in the midst of an extramarital affair is that men don’t talk!

* Thanks to their biology, neurophysiology, culture and psychology most men rarely express worries, emotions, sexual issues or physical concerns about themselves, to friends, family, or colleagues, much less to their partners.
* As the show, ” Married Men Don’t Talk” suggests, men will talk about everything from kids to sports but they don’t discuss marital issues.
* In their research on men who stopped seeking sex from their partners, Bob and Susan Berkowitz, report that 44% said they were furious, felt criticized and insignificant in their marriage; but would not or could not talk about it with their partners.
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Emotional regulation
November 28, 2013 Comments Off on Emotional regulation

PubMed

Abstract:
Emotion regulation is generally thought to be a critical ingredient for successful interpersonal relationships. Ironically, few studies have investigated the link between how well spouses regulate emotion and how satisfied they are with their marriages.
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The biology of monogamy
November 26, 2013 Comments Off on The biology of monogamy

ScienceMag

When the men received a nasal spray of oxytocin-which is released by the body during sexual arousal-they rated their partners more highly but not the other women. MRI scans show that after an oxytocin dose, areas of the brain associated with rewards, which also drive drug addiction, were more active when the men saw pictures of their partner, the researchers report online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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It’s not just a kiss.
November 4, 2013 Comments Off on It’s not just a kiss.

New York Times:

The participants generally rated kissing in casual relationships as most important before sex, less important during sex, even less important after sex and least important “at other times.? (To clarify: researchers defined kissing as “on the lips or open-mouth (French).?)

Past research has shown that three types of people tend to be choosier in selecting mates who are genetically fit and compatible:
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The family that prays together…?
November 2, 2013 Comments Off on The family that prays together…?

Salon

I was questioned earlier this week over a comment I made to a client that going to church alone would do little to protect marriage and that divorce rates were higher in the pews. That statement was both desperately right – and yet, the more I look at it, somewhat wrong.

Now that I’ve done the research, I may as well post it…
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Post Modern sex???
August 15, 2013 Comments Off on Post Modern sex???

Good Men Project – Dear Daughter, I Hope You Have Awesome Sex…

You know, if we draw a continuum, on the far right is the guy the above-linked author caricatured — the idiot who is busy trying to gain control over his daughter’s sexuality by threatening the life of his daughter’s boyfriend.
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