Correction: A previous version of this article misstated Gwendolyn Seidman’s title. She is a visiting scholar in the department of psychology at Michigan State University, not a professor of ...

We’re too hard on men for not being romantic. You see it all of the time—women complaining that their partner isn’t spontaneous enough, that he never purchases roses from the woman selling them on the ...

Could it be that men are really the hopeless romantics? This may seem hard to believe, as we see magazine stands filled with bridal magazines and shelves of romantic movies and novels marketed to ...

Romantic relationships are often associated with greater sensitivity and emotionality in women. It's easy to imagine a woman crying after a breakup, supported by her friends over a tub of ice cream.

Men aren't as unromantic as stereotypes suggest; they're simply quieter about what moves them. Beneath the calm exterior, there's a craving for tenderness, loyalty, and the tiny gestures that say "I ...