Perhaps prompted by the high-profile infidelities of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Anthony Weiner, The New York Times Magazine is taking on cheating spouses this weekend. But instead of asking "why men cheat," the article sets out to question the whole premise of monogamy and whether it's a realistic or even valuable goal. The magazine does this by way of profiling advice columnist and starter of Read more

Jane Eyre may be getting all the movie-release fuss, but there's another dark and stormy relationship film out today. Monogamy is about, well, pretty much everything but that, taking a Blue Valentine-like look at how love can self-destruct. About a 30-something couple in Brooklyn, Monogamy takes us through the doomed engagement of Nat, a bride-to-be with a diminishing libido, and Theo, a bored Read more

Monogamy is not a romantic comedy. Given its title (and the fact that it stars Rashida Jones and Chris Messina), it sounds like the natural setup for something cute and light. But the film is not only dark, it's creepy. Messina stars as Theo, a wedding photographer planning for his nuptials to his fiancée Nat (Rashida Jones). Theo's life is pretty run-of-the-mill until he starts mixing up his Read more

People have sex for all sorts of reasons: to gain experience, improve self-esteem, have fun, cure boredom, barter goods or favors, make up after a fight, express gratitude, and, if we're being realistic, earn a living. But a new study found no sex is quite like sex that expresses love and commitment. Like pretty much all studies, this one used college students, who are often seen as drawbacks, Read more

What counts as cheating may get ambiguous, but whose fault it is does not. Spoiler — it's always the cheater! Yet the idea that women are somehow responsible for men cheating is as ludicrous as it is common. So the last thing we need is women espousing the idea as "advice" in books like Sugarbabe. Author Holly Hill (a pseudonym) quit her job as a psychoanalyst and put an ad online for a sugar Read more

People have sex for all sorts of reasons — or exactly 237, according to WebMD. The top 10 range from pure attraction to mere opportunity. Which motivation do you think would result in better sex? Exactly. The idea that sex is best when surprising and bad when predictable illuminates why stable relationships and hot sex do not always make the best bedfellows. In the New York Times Sunday Read more