That seems the underlying message accompanying a staple on many relationship Web sites: the dating secrets article.
It's often creatively headlined "65 things you never knew about women." Or "13 hidden truths about men."
The pieces are kind of gimmicky, but in many cases they contain at least a grain of truth. Sometimes multiple grains of truth.
Case in point: this Esquire piece outlining secrets men don't know about women. My favorite:
Every living woman likes wedding crap. Even lesbians.
Anyway, given our heightened access to tutorials like the Esquire piece, an outsider would think we're the most romantically competent daters in history.
But maybe we're not.
So here's my question: Are relationship advice articles anything more than cheap eye candy?
