We’re often told what beauty should look like, but are the standards for men and women different? In this episode, Amanda and Bolin join Sonia and Avery to unpack the double standard in beauty ideals. They’ll talk about how these expectations affect both genders, how we define beauty, and how we can challenge these norms to promote a more inclusive and realistic vision of beauty.

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We’ve done an episode on friendships between opposite genders. However, the lines do get blurred when one or either party gets into a relationship. Should friendship change with your relationship status? In this episode, we invite 2 besties, Atiqa and Khair, to dissect further on situations people find themselves in when managing their partners and best friends.

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People often advise against starting a business with friends or dating within the workplace. But is it really all that bad? In this episode, we invite Kelvin Tan, otherwise known as Mayiduo, to share about how working as a couple has affected his intimate relationship, and weigh in on how he managed the working dynamics with his wife. 

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How should one feel about their body? Our attitudes toward our bodies are shaped by various cultural, personal, and biological factors, with sexual anatomy playing a significant role in our body image — it’s even commonplace for people to identify body parts as 'symbols' that affirm their sense of self as a man or a woman. But should that always be the case?

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Are we still using phrases like “gu niang,” or “man up” as insults in today’s context? As a society, most of us are already making large strides away from gender stereotypes but has this changed the way we raised the future generation of men at all? We invite our very own Singapore pride, Fandi Ahmad, who has literally raised 4 sons of his own, as well as his youngest son, Iryan Fandi, to discuss what it’s like to be a man today. 

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Ever been dumbfounded by life questions like “Have you decided your university major?” “Which company are you considering after graduation?” “So when is your big day?” Whether you’re fresh in your twenties, cruising through your thirties or even rolling into your fifties, we tend to bump into crossroads in life and face moments of important decisions. The real question is - How can I embrace these curveballs in life?

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Being successful is subjective - from being financially comfortable to even achieving milestones in our careers. For professional athletes, the journey to success can be a lot more complicated. Do we underestimate the costs and sacrifices it takes to achieve success in the sporting arena? Let's hear it from the athletes themselves, Clarence and Izaac, on their sporting journey in Table Tennis!

This episode is in partnership with the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, proudly supporting our Team Singapore athletes. Let's cheer them on at this year’s Asian Games, from 23 Sep to 8 Oct!

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Have you ever had a crush on someone you spotted from across the room of a party or a workplace before you stop yourself and think, “No way, he/she is way out of my league”? Of course, equality and mutual respect in relationships are common values that people strive for, but did you know that it is, in fact, a norm for people to desire/court people who are about 25% more desirable than how we see ourselves? 

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When it comes to finding soulmates, most of us focus on finding The One by a certain phase in our lives. But what happens when ‘The One’ becomes two or more, where individuals commit themselves to loving multiple partners at the same time? This brings us to question the idea of monogamy - What does it mean to couples beyond just a social construct?

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Quite commonly, men have been described to be “unromantic” or accused of “not putting in enough effort”. But perhaps men and women are just expressing and receiving love differently. In this episode of Men, Explain, let’s discuss what being romantic means in a modern relationship and how much media consumption has affected the way we perceive relationships. 

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