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    Maura Kelly

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    Rant: Why the Onus Is on Men to Say NO to Sex

    This is an open letter to the men out there. Can you please take some responsibility for the sexual trauma you cause?

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      Does Waiting to Have Sex Make Any Difference?

      Will holding out make a guy more into you than he would've been otherwise?

      By Maura Kelly

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      8 Insights into the Male Mind (according to my guy friends)

      Features After years of working undercover in the world of men, I have learned valuable lessons.

      By Maura Kelly

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    • 5 (Literary) Quotes About the Penis

      Features Need to really spice up the cocktail party chatter this weekend? Try a few of these nuggets. They're lit'ry! Not dirty. 

      By Maura Kelly

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      Scientists on the Size of the Average Penis (+ Why Do Men Have Phallus-Image Disorder?)

      Wondering if you're normal (or if your BF is)? Here's what the data says. ... I wonder why so many men have so much anxiety about their peni.

      By Maura Kelly

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      Do All Men Fit into 1 of These 3 Categories?

      The three main male characters in a new novel seem to typify the three basic types of dudes. (Do you agree?)

      By Maura Kelly

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      6 Guidelines for Making Smart Sexual Choices

      Features The author of Sex Appeal: Six Ethical Principles for the 21st Century has some advice on how we can conduct ourselves morally while having as much sexual fun as possible.

      By Maura Kelly

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      5 Rules of Text Etiquette

      Features Get those thumbs under control, would you?

      By Maura Kelly

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      3 Sexy Young Male Writers

      Features Have you ever fallen in love with a novelist after reading a book he wrote? I'm suddenly in love with one of my best buds, after reading his debut novel.

      By Maura Kelly

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      How to Deal with the Top 6 Sexual Fears

      How To I speak with a sexologist from an adult toy store about people's most common sexual worries. (And about what I like best, in bed!) Are you concerned about these things? Do you think we're missing something?

      By Maura Kelly

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      4 Things You Should Know About Expired Condoms

      Features Condom horror story! An expired rubber causes quite an uncomfortable situation over in this neck of the woods ... so I contact Planned Parenthood to get the lo-down on obsolete rubbers. (What are your condom horror stories?)

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      3 Ways in Which Love Resembles an Illness

      Features When love hits, it can resemble the kind of malady we'd probably seek treatment for ... if it didn't (in most cases) feel so good.

      By Maura Kelly

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      4 Activities That Will Boost Your Happiness

      Features Hey, hey! Even if you can't get laid or hitched, there ARE things you can do to make yourself happier, according to today's New York Times.

      By Maura Kelly

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      Do You Have a Hard+Fast Rule About When to Have Sex?

      Do you force yourself to hold out if you really like someone? A friend of mine always waits two months, at least. Do you think a rule like that is a good way to protect yourself--and get to know the person--and gain power in the relationship? Or is i...

      By Maura Kelly

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      4 Ways That Suffering Makes You a Better Person

      Features Can tough times--including periods of emotional pain, economic hardship and illness or injury--actually benefit us in a number of ways?

      By Maura Kelly

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      Do We Have a "Predetermined Number of Sexual Opportunities"--to use or lose?

      With spring in the air, I bet I'm not the only one with sex on the brain. Should we avail of any opportunities we have for casual sex--since we either use them up or lose them forever--as a certain novelist suggests? (And if so, is the mindset I...

      By Maura Kelly

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      5 Ways That Exercise Improves Your Sex Life

      Features The sexual benefits of exercise go beyond the purely superficial--it doesn't help just because it makes you look hotter.

      By Maura Kelly

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      3 Things That Will Ensure a Guy WON'T Ask for Date #2

      Features A professional matchmaker interviewed 1000 men ... and found that three behaviors could make them write off a woman they'd otherwise ask out again.

      By Maura Kelly

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      6 Ways to Make Your Bedroom Ready for Love

      Features A New York City Feng Shui consultant whom my friend swears by has tips on how to make your boudoir boyfriend-ready.

      By Maura Kelly

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      6 Reasons Why Men Prefer Women with a "Dark Side"

      Features In the last few months, a strange preponderance of my male friends have claimed that they're attracted to chicks with a dark side. What's the deal?

      By Maura Kelly

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    • 11 Fun Facts About Breasts

      Or maybe I should call this post "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Breasts (But Were Afraid to Ask)." Any questions?

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      When Is a Personal Trainer Hitting on You?

      Is he just trying to get your business? Is he trying to get INTO your business? Or does he genuinely like you?

      By Maura Kelly

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      10 Tips for Picking Up Firefighters

      Features Do YOU need to be rescued from your lackluster love life? Then meet a local fire-fighting man! A real-live Brooklyn fire-guy has (mostly serious) advice about how you can infiltrate the firehouse down the street from YOU and ignite the hearts of the ...

      By Maura Kelly

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      Why Don't Politicians Have Higher Standards When They Cheat?

      The crazy John Edwards scandal won't end. Now, his former aide has come out with a tell-all book (and there are reports that his wife, Elizabeth, is threatening to sue over it). The book makes Edwards' mistress out to sound a little ... um, desperate...

      By Maura Kelly

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      Why DO Men Like Bitches?

      A new study shows that women prefer do-gooders to more selfish guys ... but men, at least in the short-term, find altruism off-putting. Why do you think that is?

      By Maura Kelly

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      Love When You Least Expect It

      Two amazing stories that I heard this week--and a little tiny something that happened to me yesterday--are evidence that love (or something like it) can sneak up on you.

      By Maura Kelly

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      4 Common Misconceptions About Love

      Features The man who has put together a comprehensive new oral history of Americans' love stories talks about how doing the project gave him a new perspective on what this romantic stuff is all about.

      By Maura Kelly

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      So You Say You Hate Facial Hair? (Secretly, You Like It.)

      A study shows that no matter how much we chicks claim to hate facial hair--and *I* certainly do--we actually find it really sexy.

      By Maura Kelly

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      4 Ways to Put Optimism Into Action (& Meet More People)

      Features I'm not into the power of positive thinking. But positive behavior? That, I can handle.

      By Maura Kelly

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      3 Easy Ways to Make a Conversation More Awesome

      Features ... even if it's not going that well.

      By Maura Kelly

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