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Cosmopolitan features, long reads

Longer reads

Grab a cuppa and settle in for some of Cosmopolitan's longer read features. Whether it's fascinating real life stories you're into, investigations that matter, or our take on the biggest issues facing young women these days, take five to read and have your thoughts provoked.

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Is giving up the secret to happiness?

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Is my relationship doomed, or am I spiralling?

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The World Cup is rewriting men's relationship to style

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‘SSRIs stole my orgasm. Can this course bring it back?’

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Meet the young couples bringing back swinging

a woman in a red lace dress holding spaghetti against a green background

"Like many women, I’m in the grey zone with food”

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The girlfriends of the future are already here

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Did the non-monogamy ‘experiment’ fail?

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"How can I respect a woman I want to sleep with?"

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What it’s like making porn with your IRL partner

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Half Man shows the ‘nice guys’ can also be harmful

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“I dodged train fares and owed £4k - here's why"

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How society is failing older virgins

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Listen up! Vivian Wilson is talking

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Is high cortisol to blame for all my problems?

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Why so many women can’t resist ‘tradwife’ porn

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The unhappy couples who are too broke to break up

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‘How weight loss jabs killed my sex drive’

a married couple’s tour of europe’s sex clubs

A married couple’s tour of Europe’s sex clubs

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This is why more women aren’t having kids anymore

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The toxic side of run clubs: Clout and cover-ups

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Why everyone’s so horny for period drama porn

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“I was covertly filmed on the Tube – it's legal"

how skinny jabs are quietly reshaping our friendships

The hidden impact of skinny jabs on friendships

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How salary gaps are tearing friendships apart

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A journey through India's new feminist frontier

i walked 10,000 steps everyday for a month – here's what i learnt

'How walking 10,000 steps a day changed my life'

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Welcome to the age of dating optimisation

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What do men really think of dating today?

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The rise in young men who can’t get it up

london, england december 10: brooklyn beckham, david beckham and victoria beckham arrive at the fashion awards 2018 in partnership with swarovski at royal albert hall on december 10, 2018 in london, england. (photo by samir hussein/samir hussein/wireimage)

Why so many people are cutting off their parents

it’s time to finally retire the ‘body count’ debate

Let’s end the ‘body count’ debate once and for all

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Does Love Island have a micro-aggression problem?

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Cat Burns on the turbulence of grief

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What sex and dating will look like in 2026

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Personality-style quizzes are coming for your sex life

70s porno mags, full bush, and xrated audios inside the offline pornography boom

Inside the offline pornography boom

why more women are making men submit to them in bed

Why more women are making men submit to them in bed

workplace romance culture is thriving – you just don’t know it

Surprise! Workplace romance culture is still thriving

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Why everyone is having sex outside on dates

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Rise of Brotox: memes about male celebs are rife

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What it’s like to date outside of your pay bracket

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Abuse and bomb scares: life for women in retail

women have long been having sex on the first date — so why do some of them still feel shamed?

Why is sex on the first date still stigmatised?