'Madame Bovary syndrome' sends record number of women bankrupt
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Personal bankruptcies among women in the UK are rising at 25% a year, having hardly existed at all at the beginning of the 1990s. Women with expensive tastes are frequently tempted to fund their purchases with credit cards.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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More partners, more affairs and more gay liaisons: the changing sex life of our nation
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UK society has become more tolerant, according to a survey of the sex lives of more than 11,000 people aged between 16 and 44 undertaken by University College London, the National Centre for Social Research and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In 2000, a typical heterosexual man had had four partners in the previous five years, with the average for women being two.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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Charity for the overweight aims to shed insults as well as pounds
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A new charity, Weight Concern, will seek to offer support and treatment for obese people in the UK. Members will pay an annual subscription of 15 pounds sterling and will receive a regular newsletter and the opportunity to talk online to a psychologist and dietician.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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