Suzanne Venker
Author and Relationship Coach
This article was originally published at the Washington Examiner. Last week, Gerard Baker, editor at large for The Wall Street Journal, committed the unpardonable sin of writing an uncomfortable truth: that women outpacing men in the educational sphere may have positive economic consequences, but it comes at a price. “In the much larger game of life, love and …
One of America’s most recognizable board games, Monopoly, has created a new version celebrating girl power. In Ms. Monopoly, female players start with $1,900, compared to $1500 for each male player. And when girls pass ‘Go,’ they don’t get the standard $200. They get $240. So, just to get this straight: In Hasbro’s lame attempt to …
This article was originally published at Washington Examiner. Millions of single women in America today cannot for the life of them find a “suitable” husband. That’s according to a new study from researchers at Cornell University, who examined data on actual recent marriages and found women’s ideal husband has an average income about 58% higher than the actual unmarried …
Not long ago I received an email from a man with a simple question: Is there a way for a guy to be “emasculation-proof”? How can men (even young men) become secure in their identity so as not to become emasculated in their relationships? So we’re clear, to be emasculated means to be made weak …
The basics of love are honestly so simple. Unfortunately, the main reason modern women struggle in their relationships is that they harbor erroneous beliefs about love. They’re moving through the world with scripts they learned from their parents and from the culture. And these scripts predict whether or not you’ll be successful in love. All …
Last week I wrote an article entitled “Ladies, Stop Trying to Have Sex Like a Man.” In it, I wrote that the birth control pill may keep women from getting pregnant, but it can’t do a thing about female nature. A woman’s unique sexual psychology isn’t designed for hookups. The oxytocin that floods her body …
For years now it has been the norm for Western women to view their twenties as that coveted time in which they’re supposed to “find themselves.” The assumption is that in the past, prior to feminists “freeing” women from their formerly oppressed lives, women tethered themselves to husbands and babies and “lost” themselves in the …
Last week, after an especially long day and an “epic” tantrum from her 3-year-old, Sarah Buckley Friedberg, a Massachusetts mother of three, posted on Facebook a mock ‘to-do list‘ that society expects of mothers today. The ending was inspired: “I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to lean OUT. Thanks for coming to my …
This article was originally published at Washington Examiner. A new finding at Pew Research Center claims that gender equality—worldwide, although a distinction must be made between its goals in the West and its goals in undeveloped nations—has risen exponentially at the same time family ties have weakened considerably. And here’s the frustrating part: While “roughly half or more” …
The following post is the third in a series of posts on modern American dating and young people’s inability to form lasting attachments that potentially lead to marriage. In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, I addressed the modern generation’s inability to find and sustain successful long-term relationships—today, over half of 18-34 year …
I recently began a new series I’m doing called ‘Ask Suzanne,’ where I take questions and post them on my new You Tube page. For my first installment, I answered a mom’s question about what to tell her sons about navigating a culture steeped in female entitlement. Apparently her son had begun dating a girl who’s …
The following post is the second in a series of posts on modern American dating and young people’s inability to form lasting attachments that potentially lead to marriage. In Part 1 of this three-part series, I wrote that having a successful long-term relationship is the most pressing issue of our time. Generation Z has no …
A similar version of this article was originally published at the Washington Examiner. If you’re in a traditional(ish) marriage—that is, if you’re part of the majority of married women in America who are either not employed at all or who are employed part-time—you’ve hit the jackpot. Countless modern marriages are struggling today or falling apart …
The following post is the first of a series of posts on modern American dating and young people’s inability to form lasting attachments that potentially lead to marriage. Remember when dating was fun and relatively easy to do? Remember when it was viewed as a step toward a committed relationship or even marriage? Tell that …
The following article was written by “The Renaissance Woman,” a 30-year-old Millennial who’s going through a transformation of sorts and wants to caution other women her age to take dating and relationships more seriously. She has asked to write a few posts for my readers. This is her first. New York City is a thrilling …
I have a 19-year-old daughter in college who, like most young women her age, enjoys an abundance of support and guidance with respect to her professional endeavors—as she should. What she will not receive is any encouragement or direction for what will someday collide with those professional endeavors and, more importantly, what will have the …
Lynn, 38, was unhappy in her marriage. Her husband was a good man and a great father, and he made a good living. But Lynn was bored. She wanted the excitement of something new, and she wanted to be married to a wealthier man. After several affairs, Lynn finally found what she was looking for …
The year 2019 has begun with a bang. A gender bang, you might say. As if the APA’s new guidelines that deem masculinity “harmful” wasn’t bad enough, Gillette subsequently released a patronizing ad that targets masculinity as well. Even worse, it will air during the Super Bowl. I could wax poetic about the egregious cultural …
Note: The following article was originally published at the Washington Examiner. Just because something’s not supposed to be said doesn’t mean it isn’t true. It just means you’re not supposed to say it. In a segment Wednesday about men in decline and what it means for the country, Tucker Carlson pointed out “study after study has …
I received an email the other day from a woman who said her husband falls short of being a good husband despite her being a great wife. My emailer insists she follows my advice (as well as the advice of other like-minded authors); but her husband, she says, is using my work to his advantage by, …
The title for this post came from what I thought was a quippy comment on my Facebook page after I’d posted the transcription of a conversation between radio host Dennis Prager and one of his callers, Jennifer, who wanted to offer some advice to young women. Simply put, she warned women that feminism is a …
This probably won’t come as a shock, but new research suggests your romantic life is the way it is because of your mom. According to a longitudinal study at Ohio State University on more than 7,000 mothers and their biological children in the U.S. over the past 24 years—the largest study of its kind—children follow their …
It is widely known that prior to women becoming economically independent, wives whose marriages went south were at a disadvantage. If a woman’s husband left her, he was required to pay alimony and child support; but it wasn’t always enough to live on comfortably. Thus, if the wife didn’t have an education or job skills, …
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