Male News

According to an online survey conducted by matrimonial site Shaadi.com, 39.5% women said that they expect their men to know how to cook while 51.2% wished they would help with household chores. While conducting pre-marital counselling workshops, psychiatrist Anjali Chhabria found similar results. Modern men treat women as equals and are not against to learning how to cook, she added.

The Association for Protection of Men has received 5,000 complaints from men in Chennai against their wives, owing to various conflicts between them. Of these cases, 400 have resulted in petitions for divorce. As per the statistics of National Crime Records Bureau, every eight minute, a married man commits suicide due to marital or financial pressure.

Brazilian girl, Catarina Migliorini (21), who auctioned off her virginity for $780,000 last year, but never went through with the act of sex, is back with second run of the auction. Catarina is looking to fetch around $1.5 million this time, after the publicity and fame of the first one that led to her posing for Playboy Brazil.

Recent developments --a new act to prevent sexual harassment of women at workplace and separate cases involving a Supreme Court judge and a prominent magazine editor-- are forcing India Inc to adopt a 'zero tolerance' posture on sexual harassment. However, the heightened sensitivity is leaving male executives awkward and reportedly even fearful over what behaviour is appropriate towards women.