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Office romances are few, short, and not usually destructive. (Helen Fisher)
It certainly would have been adaptive for ancestral man to have a chubby wife during stressful times of famine. Not only would she have had more calories to burn, and thus more energy and endurance, but since fat stores estrogen, she would have remained fertile for longer. View quote
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People have been looking for love potions since hunter-gatherer societies. View quote
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Throughout evolution, ostracism was death indeed. View quote
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When you fight, anger drives up testosterone in both men and women. View quote
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Until recently, we regarded love as supernatural. We were willing to study the brain chemistry of fear and depression and anger but not love. View quote
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In general, men are wired to notice obvious signs that convey interest in mating - a warm smile, for example - and ignore other subtleties, like if your lipstick is faded. View quote
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We evolved in a tropical climate where the smells of plants and flowers were all around us. We spent a lot of time in the trees with a lot of sunlight and no clothes. View quote
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A woman of 40 or 50 or 60 can take estrogen replacements, get facelifts, spend her money in bars. View quote
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Women are very attracted to a low voice because it's linked to testosterone, which for millions of years was a sign that men had very good spacial skills and would have been very good at hunting and finding their way back home. View quote
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The only people you and I are likely to know in common are people in the news - politicians, journalists and celebrities. (Helen Fisher)
Women are naturally prone to compete over their mates. View quote
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Today, most women are surrounded by ingenious gadgets. They don't grow the peas or raise the chicken that they serve for dinner; instead they hunt and gather in the grocery store. They go through catalogs or department stores to buy clothes instead of shearing sheep, carding wool, and weaving cloth for skirts and coats and blankets. View quote
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I can't conceive of caring more about my president than my own partner. View quote
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Men couldn't care less if your strands are perfectly styled and neat. In fact, he might like you more with some wildness or bedhead, since it shows you're carefree and relaxed. View quote
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There exists no culture in which adultery is unknown, no cultural device or code that extinguishes philandering. View quote
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Hair that gleams can send a clear sign that you're young and in your prime, whatever your actual age. View quote
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Globalization requires taking a broad contextual and long-term view. View quote
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Today, American women bear an average of 2.2 children that live to adulthood. Across most of Europe, women bear even fewer young. View quote
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Scientists know that women gravitate to men who have a different immune system from theirs. View quote
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In America, we are demanding everything from our marriage. (Helen Fisher)
The human brain is built to compare; it's Darwinian to consider an alternative when one presents itself. View quote
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Real competition can drive up testosterone, which boosts libido. View quote
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Overdone lipstick is a deterrent to men. It rubs off easily onto their skin and the edges of their shirts, so it discourages them from kissing, touching, and coming closer to you, which is what they really want to do! View quote
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People compose poetry, novels, sitcoms - for love. View quote
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