CHICAGO — THE largest mental health center in America is a huge compound here in Chicago, with thousands of people suffering from manias, psychoses and other disorders, all surrounded by high fences and barbed wire.
Category: culture
I went undercover on Ashley Madison to find out why women cheat
“Honey, I have to join Ashley Madison.”
So began the pitch I gave my wife to let me join the marrieds-looking-for-affairs website, AshleyMadison.com. It would be part of my research into women who cheat, why infidelity is increasing, and what can be done to possibly affair-proof a marriage. I proposed to “cheat” on her for a few weeks, to talk to and attempt to seduce as many women as possible, and get a real-world understanding of why women want to stay married but also need some illicit action on the side.
The Oldest Profession Evolves—How the Web Transformed Prostitution
The Internet has lowered the bar for entry, and brought new buyers and sellers into the sex market, reports Greg Gilderman.
Guns Kill Children
The overwhelming evidence that pediatricians are right and the NRA is wrong.
The White Knight
Nicholas Kristof wants to save the world with his New York Times columns. Why are so many of them wrong?
America’s Driving Behavior
Americans do some pretty dumb, dangerous things while driving, according to the results of a new Harris poll.
The Message Is That All Our Problems Are In Our Brains
Joanna Moncrieff talks to spiked about the myth that we’re all mentally ill.
Human Ancestors Were Nearly All Vegetarians
Paleolithic diets have become all the rage, but are they getting our ancestral diet all wrong?
What women want on the dance floor, according to science
What women want on the dance floor, according to science
A group of evolutionary biologists looked at the science of bump and grind, and say they have figured out exactly which dance movements catch a woman’s eye.
THE ‘BEHAVIOR GAP’ BETWEEN BOYS AND GIRLS IS BAD FOR GROWN MEN
The attention paid to the wage gap between men and women tends to obscure the fact that at the other end of the economic life cycle – early education – females are the dominant ones. And they continue to dominate all throughout school, reports the New York Times, which finds some of that fact due to a “behavior gap” among boys and girls.