Relationships

Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman have two beautiful daughters, but no matter how lovely his girls are, Keith will always love his wife more. While most parents would confess to loving their children more than their partner, Keith says his Nicole is the centre of his universe, and always will be. In pictures: Keith Urban’s […]

Women in management have a reputation for being demanding and difficult but a new study has found they’re actually better bosses than men. The survey found that women bosses were more democratic and easier to communicate with, allowing their employees to participate in decision-making and encouraging feedback on management policies. “In line with known gender […]

The image of Raquel Welch in a fur bikini is burnt into the brains of a whole generation of men, but the women herself thinks sex is "overrated".

Domestic violence kills an Australian woman almost every week but Jordan Baker doesn't think we take it seriously enough.

Teen pregnancies and STIs are at a record high and Jenny Walsh is convinced there is only one way to reverse the trend — teaching kids more about sex. I am a sexuality education teacher and writer. I make teaching resources and advise on national strategies, so I work with a lot of different audiences, […]

Many men see marriage as the end of their life, but if you’ve got heart problems it could literally save you. A new Emory University study has found that married adults who have heart surgery are three times more likely to survive the next three months than single people who undergo the same procedure. Related: […]

Forget happily ever after — women would rather live their lives in misery with an empathetic partner. A new Harvard University study has found women are far more satisfied with their relationships when their partner shares their anger or unhappiness. Men, on the other hand are pleased when their partner is happy, but would rather […]

Folklore dictates that on February 29 — the special ‘leap-day’ that comes but once every four years — the traditional rules of marriage proposals are thrown out the window and women can get down on one knee. The role-reversing deal is believed to have been struck between St Patrick and St Bridget during the fifth […]

A Black Saturday fire-fighter who kicked his former partner in the head so hard it snapped her optic nerve and blinded her in one eye has been given a bravery award by the Royal Humane Society of Australasia. In a ceremony attended by Victorian Governor Alex Curnov and other dignitaries at Melbourne Town Hall on […]

Single women worldwide can breathe a sigh of relief — it turns out men aren’t dying out after all. Previous research suggested that men would become extinct within the next five million years. But a new study of rhesus macaque monkeys — one of man’s most distant cousins — found that although the Y chromosome […]