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Their morale is likely to be lower than that of more superficially ‘oppressed’ groups and their family life more chaotic
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I don’t want to bring my three-year-old daughter up in a home where her father and I argue all the time about politics, but his new beliefs really upset me
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I didn’t realize when I opened my home and my heart that I’d also be opening myself to the type of silence I’d spent the rest of my life avoiding
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After he flew into a vicious rage during a family holiday, I knew I needed to get away for good. My mother helped me flee India and start a new life abroad
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My husband-to-be insisted on finding out everything I owed. And then he took the debt upon himself
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In the past half century we’ve moved from forced adoptions to record IVF births, yet feminism still faces a battle with biology
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Dear MariellaDear MariellaI’m deeply in love – but terrified of it endingA young woman enjoying a blissfully happy relationship is haunted by the idea it won’t last forever. Mariella Frostrup says it’s a blueprint for future relationships
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Ask Alanis MorissetteAsk Alanis MorissetteAsk Alanis Morissette: I worry about my grandchildren’s dietIt’s with a feeling of despair that I see my daughters take the easy way out with their own children’s diet: fish fingers and lots of processed foods
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Private livesPrivate livesMy partner is turning into a rightwing cheerleader for Ukip, Brexit and TrumpI don’t want to bring my three-year-old daughter up in a home where her father and I argue all the time about politics, but his new beliefs really upset me
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Problem solvedProblem solvedMy husband never wants sex and doesn’t even cuddle me. I yearn for love or affectionWe are in our mid-50s and our children will soon have left home. For financial reasons, I don’t see how I can leave, but I’m so lonely. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
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Dr Dillner’s dilemmasDr Dillner’s dilemmasCan worrying about your health make you ill?People with health anxiety are more likely to develop heart disease, says a study – news that will only make them more stressed. Psychological therapy is the best treatment …
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Ask AlysAsk AlysAsk Alys Fowler: how do I raise the canopy of my mature holly tree?Our gardening expert has the answer
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Sexual healingSexual healingMy husband only wants sex four times a year – what do I do?He says he has a fear of intimacy. Will therapy help him past these feelings, or should we give up and live as friends?
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Why do we know so little about our bodies? We talk about how sex education done right could change the way we make decisions about ourselves
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He says he has a fear of intimacy. Will therapy help him past these feelings, or should we give up and live as friends?
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Abolade, 31, lawyer, meets Sam, 30, senior merchandiser
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They shout at each other and hurl insults and I have to go and hide in my room. I would move out but it’s hard to find somewhere else to live
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A young woman enjoying a blissfully happy relationship is haunted by the idea it won’t last forever. Mariella Frostrup says it’s a blueprint for future relationships
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Now I have met a nice guy and would like to find my orgasm with him, but don’t know how to approach it
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Jo is beautiful and I could fall for her, but I feel treacherous. It’s all happening so soon
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