A study of male baboons has found that being on the top is overrated. Field biologists looked at alpha male baboons and discovered that the alphas were the most stressed in their social group, and the lower in rank they got the less stressed they were. For humans, stress like this can cause health problems and make you less able to fight off disease, so being the top dog could cost you. Alpha Read more

According to the New York Post, more men in Manhattan are cooking at home. The story cites the Food Network, the recession, and a desire to impress females as reasons why more guys are putting on aprons and manning the stove. Some males even consider it a talent along the likes of being well-traveled or speaking two languages. While my dad has always been the head chef in my family, I would have Read more

When it comes to traditional gender roles, celeb chef Giada De Laurentiis has the cooking part down. Giada, who's been with her husband since 1989, recently opened up about her marriage, telling Redbook magazine that she enjoys playing the role of doting wife and mother, and that in fact, it's crucial to a long-lasting relationship. Explaining that she tries to be the "young girl he met 20 years Read more

In the Netherlands only 10 percent of women have full-time jobs, a rate that pales to the 75 percent of working American women employed full time and increasingly filling management roles. But as expat Jessica Olien points out in Slate this week, the Netherlands consistently ranks in the top five countries for women. How come? Instead of fighting for equal wages, Dutch women want the right to cut Read more