Why people carry the secret of childhood sexual abuse into adulthood. Source: 123rf As the recent HBO documentary Leaving Neverland so powerfully demonstrated, many adults have yet to tell anyone that they were sexually abused as a child—not their partners, not their friends, not their family members, not even their therapists. Many...
A recent study describes how seniors maintain high-quality lovemaking. The U.S. population is rapidly aging. Older adults comprise an increasing proportion of lovers. When couples in their sixties, seventies, and beyond have partners and are physically able to make love, most have regular partner sex. A great deal of research shows...
Being quarantined for days, weeks, and months at a time throws a wrench into the working gears of our daily lives, including the way our relationships function — be they romantic, familial, or friendly. The dramatic increase in time spent together, feelings of being unable to escape, and a genuine...
How do we override our social needs to accomplish social distancing? People have a fundamental need for human connection. This idea is strongly rooted in our evolutionary past: Social living enhances the likelihood for survival from infancy through old age, making social living a default orientation. Because being in close...
New research reviews the benefits of maternity leave. About 23 percent of employed women in the U.S. return to work within 10 days of giving birth. An evidence-based review published in the Harvard Review of Psychiatry earlier this week, which was authored by my team and I, shows that paid maternity leave is linked...
Nigerian big boy based in Dubai, Hushpuppi has advised Nigerians especially Christians not to defy the warning that says they should stay at home as the government tries everything possible to halt the spread of coronavirus in the country. Huspuppi said if they go contrary to this, they would have...
Jesus is the way. We know from scripture that the only way to access heaven is through Jesus Christ. There is no other way possible to go to heaven but by the Son of God. While the Bible tells us everything we need to know about heaven, there are a number of...
Miracles are happening all around you, if you only open your eyes wide enough to see them. What exactly what is a miracle? People use that term rather loosely, without any realization that that they are doing so without any scripture to back it. What are those tell-tale traits that...
Thanks to “Sex and the City,” we’re all familiar with the phrase “he’s just not that into you.” Yet many couples who are no longer all that into each other choose to stay together anyway. Why do people choose to remain in unhappy relationships? According to a recent pair of studies,...
The Deputy Coroner confirmed that 26-year-old Breonna Taylor died from a gunshot wound early Friday morning within a residence in the 3000 block of Springfield Drive_Photo: Family Photo An attorney has accused the Louisville Metro Police of conducting an improper raid that killed a 26-year-old woman who was a certified EMT working...
Getty Images/Gallo Images . Saucy foreplay and maintaining eye contact are some of the ways to drive him crazy in between the sheets. Here’s how to show him a good time tonight 1. Make eye contact Sex expert Susan Quilliam says that keeping eye contact when you go down on...
Police in Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde, have arrested about 50 sex workers who have been visiting coronavirus isolation centers in some hotels to offer their services. Jean Claude Tsila, the capital’s administrative officer, disclosed this on state broadcaster Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV) on Friday. “We were reliably informed that some persons...
Melisa Thomas Scott: Image credit: Screenshot AGeorgia nurse with pre-existing conditions has bowed out of the profession amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic. Melisa Thomas Scott announced her decision at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany Georgia in a viral video. There are more than 139,000 coronavirus cases in the United States...
Mzbel takes on churches and Pastors for failing in the fight against coronavirus Ghanaian songstress turned presenter Belinda Nana Ekua Amoah known in showbiz as Mzbel has for time without number made it clear she is not a Christian and has been engaging in fights with some pastors. In the...
Woman working from home. (Photo: Getty/Gallo Images). Just because you’re working from home (WFH) doesn’t mean you can’t be stylish and comfortable. In the midst of the 21-day lockdown, many people might be tempted to just work in their pyjamas. But apart from the odd video conference with your colleagues...
Ntando Thabethe. Image supplied by Elite Crop. Her husband gave her money to do her hair, but she opted to use it to buy seeds and start her garden. Leaving her full-time job presented Ntando Thabethe with an opportunity to cultivate a new skill that’s now become a business. Ntando...
Representational image I got married last year in March. It was a proper Indian wedding with full ‘tamasha’ (hullabaloo). The bride and groom both said yes after one meeting. Parents from both sides rushed to make arrangements. There were epic battles among aunties to outdo each other in saree and...
Couple arguing. (Photo: Getty/Gallo Images) . Only about six in 10 South African marriages get to celebrate a 10th anniversary and women are most likely to file for divorce and end the union. This is according to a 2018 statistical report on marriages and divorces by Statistics SA released this week, which...
01/6Experience you can relate to when you fall in love Falling in love is a heavenly feeling or a magical trance that makes everything in life better, brighter and more beautiful. The feeling is always exciting, overwhelming and equally surreal for all. However, the experience and the entire process of...
A global shortage of condoms is looming, the world’s biggest producer said after a Coronavirus lockdown forced it to shut down production. Malaysia’s Karex Bhd makes one in every five condoms globally. It has not produced a single condom from its three Malaysian factories for more than a week due to a...
A Twitter user has shared her coronavirus symptoms to encourage people to stay indoors over the highly contagious disease. The 22-year-old woman disclosed that she suffered headaches, had a runny nose, vomitted consistently, had fever, became dehydrated and also suffered shortness of breath. Read her tweets below; I’m...
Matilda McCrear, last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade via BBC Dispelling previously held assumption that Redoshi Smith, who died in 1937 was the last surviving slave captured in Africa in the 19th Century, Hannah Durkin at Newcastle University has discovered that another former slave, Matilda McCrear lived three more years...
Here’s a few things you should know about birth control. Credit: iStock Like how some meds might make them less effective Whether you’ve taken birth control pills for years or are thinking about starting, you probably know that oral contraceptives help keep you from getting pregnant. What you may not...
Source: Twitter Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are officially in Los Angeles with their son Archie Harrison after they moved from Canada before the borders were closed due to COVID-19. Now that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have made it to their alleged permanent destination, an insider says they are going...
Stacey Ervin Jr., and Simone Biles via BET While the love and exchange of affection between celebrated American gymnast, Simone Biles and her boyfriend Stacey Ervin Jr. warms the heart, especially when it’s so publicly displayed on their respective social media handles, rumours are rife that the pair might have broken...
