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After stepping out of her career to have children and follow her spouse abroad, Miranda Irving is having trouble finding a suitable spot in the workplace. She and other British mothers face a bleak part-time employment landscape.

Katherine Anne Porter wrote, " Love must be learned, and learned again and again; there is no end to it." Katherine Anne is right: there is no end to it. Each day, we need to love ourselves. Each day, we need to demonstrate our love for our partner and family, and for all those we encounter. So how do we get to the point where we are able to show our love for others and ourselves every day? I feel that the answer lies in how we view love. In his book published in 1956, The Art of Loving, Erich Fromm describes love as an art that requires effort, knowledge and practice. To view love as an art i...

By Larry James Finding your soulmate is like discovering the missing link in your heart. When that special someone enters your life, has similar values, ideals and beliefs and lives them as well, you discover that the two pieces of the relationship puzzle fit perfectly together. There are many souls you connect with in this life. With some you feel an immediate bond that you know will always be there. I first met my soulmate when we were very young. This is a story of four people who loved each other, had fun together, then were separated by time and distance. Twenty-six years later two ...

There is a place for flirtation in our adult lives. Bogged down by weary spouses, insistent children and demanding employers... a flirtation can keep our motors running and our juices flowing. We shouldn't have to mask our sexy feelings and love for others around us. By being healthy, balanced individuals we should honor our sexuality as well. I'm not implying that we should jump upon every person that arouses us, but at least accept the fact that the world is full of many delicious flavors to tantalize and keep our furnaces stoked! There are many couples that are secure enough in t...

We asked you to nominate working-mom heroes—gutsy go-getters whose innovative thinking, intrepid spirit and influential lives make you feel as if anything is possible. We were awed by the stories that poured in about women who strive each day to make a difference. Our winners this year, including an actor, a fire battalion chief, a tech exec and a scientist, are exemplary of how powerful working moms can be. Each one has made the world better, not just for herself but for all women

By Faizal Haque, Communications and Training Manager, Centre for Operations Research and Training, Vadodara, India; Dr. M.E. Khan, Regional Associate Director, Asia and Near East, FRONTIERS Program, Population Council, New Delhi, India; and Dr. John Townsend, Director, FRONTIERS Program, Population Council, Washington, DC

By Dr. Surinder Jaswal, Associate Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India

Nonconsensual sex is an abuse of power commonly rooted in gender norms — societal assumptions and expectations about what it means to be male or female. In many cultures, gender norms for females include submissiveness, deference to male authority, dependence, virginity until marriage, and faithfulness during marriage. Norms for men, in contrast, are built around power and control, independence, not showing emotions, risktaking, using violence to resolve conflict, beginning sexual activity early in life, and having multiple sexual partners.

Often and by a variety of means, children, adolescents, and adults — men and women alike — are pressured to have sexual relations that they do not want. Too commonly, the behavior of perpetrators, thoroughly interwoven into long-standing traditions and customs, is condoned. Meanwhile, the stigma that many victims face plunges them into a resigned silence that hinders them from getting help and masks the scope of the problem

This issue of Network describes the variety of means by which children, adolescents, and adults — men and women alike — are pressured to have sexual relations that they do not want