Category Archives: Friendship
Made to Last
By: Kelsey M. Long We were a failed relationship. The kind that starts off on the right foot and then for what seemed to be no good reason at all – ended abruptly. Conversations in coffee shops lasted for hours, … Continue reading
Why Men Want Commitment Too (Or Should if They Knew What Was Good for Them)
By: Matthew Dugandzic The desire for commitment in relationships is often thought of as feminine. Men are thought of as desiring sex for its own sake – with as many different partners as possible. The modern feminist movement, by judging … Continue reading
Three Months: All for Nothing?
By: Kelsey Long We’ve all been there: Single and staring eagerly in front of our computers, checking Facebook messages, refreshing emails, gaping down at our phones – waiting for that notification from him, from her – giving us hope that … Continue reading
"Courtship, Etiquette, and the Adolescent Male" by Randall B Smith
Recently, Randall Smith discussed how etiquette and courtship rituals, which once helped channel masculine energy into constructive ends, has degenerated into hook-ups. In his opinion, women have been a large part of the cause. Read on for his take: I … Continue reading
IvyQ and the Negative Side of Sex-Positivity by Cassandra Hough
While Sex Week at Yale (SWAY) and its counter-part, True Love Week, received national media attention this past February from the O’Reilly Factor, US News , USA Today , and NBC, another Ivy League multi-day event on sexuality slipped by … Continue reading
"Why Young Persons Would Wait Forevermore" by Catherine Palmer
Most women still want to be princesses, and most men still seek to win a woman’s heart. Hefner and Sanger diminished the person to the mere sum of parts, yet we know that men and women are remarkable and multifarious, fantastic and so much more. There is still magic in the differences of the sexes—and what a joy it is to encounter them! Indeed, our world contains the possibility of being radically altered by this ‘other,’ who, through the eyes of love, suddenly becomes much larger than we saw before. Continue reading
Sex on a Saturday Night?: Leadership and freshman orientation
A central part of starting the year off right is planning activities for entering freshmen that can balance and supplement orientation programming. In so doing, you will provide them with a supportive community of friends, and help free them from feeling compelled to conform to libertine campus sexual norms that challenge their commitments and offend their sensibilities. Continue reading
Check Out Our Newly-Expanded Speakers List
We hope you were able to make it to our last national conference, “Sexuality, Integrity, and the University.” If you couldn’t join us, perhaps you heard what a success it was and how the powerful line-up of speakers held a … Continue reading
Save the Date! Announcing the 2011 Regional Love and Fidelity Conference
Love and Fidelity Network Regional Conference on Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus? Making sense of complementarity and difference among the sexes University of Virginia • March 19, 2011 Our regional conference aims to explore the natural differences … Continue reading
Dating on a Shoe-string Budget
Just in time for the weekend! We’ve all heard of Rick Steve’s Travel Guide on a Shoe-string budget. Now, college senior at Notre Dame pens the new edition: Dating on a Shoe-String Budget. In response to our previous post “How … Continue reading