Here are excerpts from an article I co-wrote with Dr. Lisa Kaplin that recently appeared in The World of Psychology. In view of the many cultural pressures put on both men and women today to conform to established norms about what it means to be male or female, the article may offer a few surprises.
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Surprise! Men Also Find Vulnerability Attractive and the Reasons Why: He Said, She Said
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Prescription Pain Killers are on the Rise for Women When They Shouldn’t Be
A recent report from the Center for Disease Control states that: About 42 women die every day from a drug overdose (including those from prescription painkillers). Since 2007, more women have died from drug overdoses than from motor vehicle crashes. More than 940,000 women were seen in emergency departments for drug misuse or abuse in […]
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Origin Story: How a Friendship Was Formed
Today I discovered the spoken word poetry of Sarah Kay and listened to her TED talk. Here is a poem, Origin Story, of how she first met Phil Kay and they formed a friendship.
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Loyalty Binds and How Couples Can Deal with Them
Here is a wonderful YouTube video that we found by Marcia Sheinberg of the Ackerman Institute: Loyalty binds experienced by families.
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