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From Taylor Swift to Nicole Kidman, many high-profile female celebrities earn more than their partners. Their partners - Travis Kelce and Keith Urban - seem fairly happy with their setups, but a new study has warned that the same isn't true across the board. If you truly want a happy life, scientists from the University of Durham say it's better for the male partner to be the higher earner.

An apocalyptic video shows two men and a dog in a home surrounded by roaring flames as wildfires spread throughout the Los Angeles area due to extreme winds. The now viral video shows the blaze roaring dangerously close to the home. Huge flames and smoke can be seen outside of the window behind the living room and wrapping around the home. One can hear the winds whipping and whistling in the background. “It’s going to be ok,” the man says to a dog wagging its tail.

On this week’s broadcast of CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) discussed the perils that female candidates face in public office. According to the former House Speaker, those attacks often were attacks on “ethics” because women are more “ethical than men.” Partial transcript as follows: BRENNAN: You wrote in your book about that 2022 attack on your husband, and you said your daughter told you, if she had known what you were signing up for, she would never have given you her blessing to run for office in the first place. PELOSI: Yes. BRENNAN: Do you think that...

The new Republican-controlled 119th House of Representatives, convened Friday, has already fast tracked a bill that would ban men in women’s sports. The bill was moved forward as part of the 119th rules package, which allowed 12 bills “on a glide path to a vote on the House floor without allowing for hearings or amendments, by limiting debate, and waiving all the other chamber rules,” GovTrack reported. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act was reintroduced Friday by U.S. Rep. Greg Steube, a Florida Republican, along with 56 Republican cosponsors. “This legislation allows women and girls a fair...

I am euphemistically known as a "solo ager," a 66-year-old child-free widower with no plans to seek another primary intimate monogamous relationship. I must admit that the term "solo ager" is preferable to the horrible designation made by other social scientists who refer to me as an "elder orphan." That phrase reeks of an aging Oliver Twist, developmentally frozen in the pain of abandonment and fear. 3 Steps for Successful Solo Aging 1. While You Are Healthy, Make Plans. Complete advance directives and designate a trusted health care proxy. Spell out personal wishes regarding medical treatment. Grant someone the power...

Almost every story in the news boils down to the same story: Man is on the endangered species list. A week ago, I wrote about the so-called "Montreal Massacre" - which happened on the scale it did because the "men" walked away and abandoned their female classmates to their fate. You can't discuss that - not honestly - in the Canadian press, but, over at American Thinker, Eric Utter commented: Real men, marinating in their 'toxic masculinity,' will stand up for women and say "enough!" as regards 'trans women' in women's bathrooms and locker rooms. And real men, of the...

Brandon Holcombe went straight from high school to working as a welder in northern Georgia, but it wasn’t for him. Holcombe worried that the field was being automated away by robots, and besides, he wanted something with more problem-solving skills. Now, a decade later and at 28 years old, Holcombe is a long way from welding, studying at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine to become a registered nurse. “Each day brings new learning opportunities,” Holcombe said. The number of men in the U.S. with the job of registered nurse has nearly tripled since the early 2000s. Many come to...

When it comes to staying fit, consistency is the most important factor. You can’t rely on occasional workouts to stay in shape, even if they are long and grueling. In fact, as men age, daily, shorter workouts tend to be far more effective for maintaining strength, mobility, and aerobic fitness. That's why we've mapped out five of the best daily exercises for men to stay fit.

Walt Disney reached an agreement to pay $43.3 million to resolve a lawsuit claiming its California female employees earned $150 million less than their male colleagues over an eight-year period, the plaintiffs’ attorneys confirmed on Monday. A motion has been filed to seek approval of the settlement, which would cover a broad range of salaried Disney employees in California, Variety reports. If the petition is granted, thousands of women who have worked for Disney since April 1, 2015, will receive checks to compensate for the wage disparity.

Exactly two weeks after Donald J. Trump defeated Kamala Harris in both the popular vote and the electoral college, David Hogg met with “researchers and activists” to figure out how to lure young men back to the Democrat Party. On Tuesday Hogg posted to X: Hogg’s concern comes after numerous minority voters and younger voters moved toward Trump in the 2024 election. Writing at Real Clear Politics, Manhattan Institute Paulson Policy Analyst Neetu Arnold pointed out that Hispanics and Asian Americans “shifted to the right” and voted for Trump. While the percentage that these demographics shifted varied from state t0...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has privately committed to back an effort led by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) to block biological men from using women’s restrooms in the U.S. Capitol. Mace announced Monday she would introduce a resolution to ban transgender women (biological men) from using biological women’s restrooms at the U.S. Capitol. Johnson, during Tuesday morning’s weekly House Republican Conference meeting, said transgender women won’t be allowed to use women’s restrooms in the Capitol, Politico reports. “He said there’s not going to be any biological men using our restrooms,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) told Politico. Mace confirmed Greene’s account,...

In recent years, the dynamics of dating have shifted dramatically, leaving many to wonder about the reasons men don’t want to date. Recent findings from the Pew Research Center indicate that 63% of men under 30 in the U.S. are opting to stay single, a notable increase from 51% in 2019, citing various personal and societal reasons. This statistic reflects a growing trend of male dating reluctance, prompting a deeper understanding into the thread of modern relationships.

Liberal women are stockpiling abortion pills and “morning after” pills and men are scheduling vasectomies at greater rates after Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, left-leaning news outlets are reporting. Despite Trump repeatedly stating that abortion laws should be left to individual states, Democrats — including failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris — and pro-abortion organizations have claimed he will sign a national abortion restriction. Abortion also notably became a constitutional right in seven states this election cycle, after voters passed various ballot measures allow abortion throughout pregnancy with some limitations. On the heels of a Trump victory, abortion organizations...

Whether in high school, college or the workplace, they see this anti-male attitude as coming from the Democrats, with diversity, equity and inclusion meaning a diversity and inclusion that is not diverse enough to include them, especially if they are White. (Snip) Democrats take the blame, though, because on top of these discriminations against men, Democrats, via DEI, HR, “Believe Women,” “#MeToo,” “toxic masculinity,” “the patriarchy,” “male privilege,” “male power” and taking pride in “the future is female,” create safe spaces and trigger warnings for women but not for men.Democrats appear to be the ones blaming them for all the...

No, it wasn’t “the Economy, stupid.” Speaking as a Black man born into a Spanish-speaking family, let me tell you what last week’s election was really about. It was about millions of men — many with my Latino immigrant background, some with my skin color — who don’t want any woman, especially a woman of color, in the White House. Trump won 55 percent of Latino men nationally. He won 46 percent of all Latino voters, a 14 percent jump over his support against President Biden in 2020. That was the highest for any Republican presidential candidate in five decades....

In the months leading up to election day, pollsters were fixated on one demographic: young men. This group, often elusive in political data, was showing signs of a notable swing toward Donald Trump and away from the progressive viewpoints of young women. Traditionally a policy wonk, Richard Reeves became an unlikely media mainstay this election cycle, sought after by those trying to decode the concerns and motivations of these gen Z male voters. Reeves is president of the American Institute for Boys and Men, which he started in 2023 to create research-based approaches to bettering the education, mental health, and...

Democrat vice presidential nominee Tim Walz teamed up with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on the streaming platform Twitch to playing video games in a desperate attempt to reach young male voters the Harris campaign is struggling to gain support from. The Washington Post reports that Minnesota Governor and Democrat vice presidential nominee Tim Walz joined forces with AOC on the streaming platform Twitch. The duo took to the virtual stage on Sunday to play video games and discuss a range of topics, from electoral politics to social security benefits.

Will Kamala Harris’ campaign ultimately be a casualty of the gender gap? The latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution survey of the race in Georgia suggests just that, with the Democrat failing to connect with men and thereby poorly positioned to take home the 16 electoral votes up for grabs in the crucial southern swing state. The most striking split in support among the 1,000 likely voters the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs Survey Research Center polled is among men. They’re moving to Donald Trump and as far away from the vice president as they can.

...Unlike other recent Republican presidential nominees, Donald Trump is making young men a central focus of his campaign. If effective, his effort could peel enough away from the Democratic Party to transform the country’s electoral math for years to come. Recent data from the Harvard Youth Poll ... for the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, reveals ... the share of young men identifying as registered Democrats has dropped by seven percentage points, while those identifying as Republicans have increased by seven points — a net shift of 14 points in just four years. Young women, during the same period,...

Hollywood star Morgan Freeman appeared on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday where the conversation turned political, leading the Oscar-winning star to say “it’s time we moved on from old white men running the country.” Morgan Freeman didn’t mention any candidates by name during the interview though it was abundantly clear to whom he was referring. “I don’t think I’m, you know, racist or anything like that — well maybe to a point — but I think you know, it’s time we moved on from old white men running the country,” he said. Kimmel’s studio audience cheered its enthusiastic approval.