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Stephen Benedict-Mason is a psychologist, a former university professor, syndicated newspaper columnist and radio talk-show host. See full bio

April 13, 2009

Sexual Epidemic Sweeps Nation

The American Medical Association published what is considered by experts to be the most comprehensive sex survey in fifty years. Not since Dr. Alfred Kinsey's landmark studies have researchers gathered so much information on the sexual health of the nation. Their findings, presented by the study's lead author Dr. Edward Laumann (a sociologist at the University of Chicago) represented years of work that included in-depth interviews with 1,749 women and 1,410 men. The results were not good. Read More

April 12, 2009

Pizza...with Pepperoni and the Virgin Mary

Humans have an inherited tendency to see patterns. Sometimes this is a good thing. Our ancestor who thought he spotted a tiger and ran for his life got to pass on his genes. Read More

April 10, 2009

Gender: Equal Not the Same

Let's agree that men and women are put together differently. Let's also agree that this can cause them to think, feel and behave in opposite ways. If you choose to believe that "Equal" means "Same As" then stop right here and go watch Oprah. What follows will only upset you. Read More

April 7, 2009

Finding a Mate

The other day I came across a Satisfaction Survey. People were asked to rate their level of happiness along with all the things that contributed to that rating. Money, it seems, was not a magic cure-all. After achieving a financial comfort zone, adding still more did little to increase their level of joy. Health was important but, like money, the more they had the less it mattered. Read More

April 3, 2009

The Monogamy Hoax

Divorce is such an emotionally devastating, financially ruinous event that it might be wise to take a close look at its root cause - marriage. Is it possible that monogamy is abnormal?

Let me begin at the beginning. Mother Nature arranged things so that men and women are sexually attracted to each other. Read More

April 2, 2009

The Up Side of Voodoo

In a previous column, I talked about Homeopathic remedies and explained how they're formulated. Very few of the people who buy such products know why or how they're made so, by way of a public service, I provided that information. Read More

March 24, 2009

The Addictive Personality Redux

For some strange reason, my previous column dealing with The Addictive Personality received almost 20,000 hits. Since this is roughly 50 times the average, it suggests great interest in what should be a common sense topic. For that reason, some follow-up seems in order. Read More

March 24, 2009

Wired Up for the Lord

Is it possible that some people are physically predisposed to accept faith as fact? Most humans can be nurtured into believing almost anything but can nature wire your brain in a way that promotes spiritual themes? This would certainly explain why the faithful from all around the world and all through time exhibit many of the same mental characteristics. Read More

March 23, 2009

Land of the Free?

I recently read that the economic crisis has given a new meaning to the old notion of indentured servitude. So what's new? Almost half of what you earn goes to pay taxes on everything from income and property to food and clothing. Federal, State and Local, add it up. This has the effect of working from January through May for nothing. Read More

March 21, 2009

Show Some Class

What's your social class? While most think in terms of Lower/Middle/Upper, it's far more complicated. Sociologists divide each class into 3 more classes for a total of 9 distinctly different subsets. Read More

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