Tag: relationships
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Words and Phrases Lost in Translation
Coming from the author’s confusion in relating to her German-speaking Balkan partner, the question is asked:Ā can phrases and words that we give great weight to in our native tongue truly be translated across cultural and language barriers. Could it really mean the same thing for him to say “I love you” in English if he…
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Female Orgasm as Mate Screening
Whereas Robinson suggests the evolutionary underpinnings of orgasm lie in the ‘Yes!’ factor of gene continuation, in How Women Got Their Curves and Other Just-So Stories: Evolutionary Enigmas David Barash and Judith Lipton believe it could be, at least for the potentially multi-orgasmic female, an “anti-infanticide insurance policy” that spurred women to mate successively with…
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Sex Without Orgasm Could Lead to Healthier Relationships
One solution to the “widespread disharmony in intimate relationships” is to “change the way you make love”, promotes Marnia Robinson, suggesting that through ‘conventional sex’ we keep our dopamine and prolactin levels “uncomfortably high or uncomfortably low”. Instead, to ensure a stable relationship (through a more stable neurochemistry), we should practice ‘conventional orgasm’-free sex with…
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Online Dating Statistics: Ideal First Messages
After looking at race and religion, the online dating site OkCupid turns its statistical eye toward the actual content of the messages sent between participants. It’s worth noting that the average response/reply rate is 32%. First up,Ā what to say in a first message: Be literate.Ā Netspeak, bad grammar, and bad spelling are huge turn-offs. The worst…
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Online Dating Statistics: Religion and Race
The online dating website OkCupid has a rather fascinating blog,Ā OkTrends, written by two of the four mathematics majors who founded the site. Still in it’s infancy the blog has a few fascinating posts studying data gleamed from their expansive user base. Starting out with a brief look at their matching algorithm and the control group…
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Online Dating and OkCupid
OkCupid, one of the biggest online dating websites around, has had a bit of an up and down history. Originally called SparkMatch, itself a by-product of the once popular TheSpark, the site was one of the first completely free dating websites that now abound online. Inc. Magazine looks at the history of OkCupidāit’s struggles and…
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Social Ignorance and Surrogacy
A vibrant social life and close friendships are an important part of staying healthy, many recent studies have shown, but what is strange about this is why this is the case, considering that we’re surpisingly bad at judging the beliefs, opinions and values of our friends and partners. A growing body of experimental evidence suggests…
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Following the Diamond Trade
Foreign Policy presents A Trail of Diamonds – a photo essay following the diamond trade from mine to bride. It reminds me of a Janine Roberts interview (author of Glitter and Greed) where she discusses how the manipulation of supply and advertising created the myth of the diamond wedding ring and made Ernest Oppenheimer (who…