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" As women in industrial societies join the paid workforce, they gain the economic means to depart unhappy marriages more easily. "

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" Men want to think women don't cheat, and women want men to think they don't cheat, and therefore the sexes have been playing a little psychological game with each other. "

" Your sweetheart calls you by another's name. His eyes linger too long on your best friend. He talks with excitement about a girl at work. And the fire catches. Jealousy - that sickening combination of possessiveness, suspicion, rage, and humiliation - can overtake your mind and threaten your very core as you contemplate your rival. "

" It's almost as if men who get tribal tattoos are trying to signal that they are dangerous, they're to be respected, and they're powerful. "

" Saliva has testosterone and estrogen. When you kiss, you're having a chemical experience. "

" A Rolex watch or an expensive car are the things guys often use to show status, wealth, and basic desirability. "

" Any kind of novelty or excitement drives up dopamine in the brain, and dopamine is associated with romantic love. "

" A hundred years ago, if you had a child out of marriage, you'd be a social disgrace. Today women feel comfortable enough economically and culturally to bring up a child without a recognized commitment from a man. "

" Jealousy can even be good for love. One partner may feel secretly flattered when the other is mildly jealous. And catching someone flirting with your beloved can spark the kind of lust and romance that reignites a relationship. "

" You know, when you've been dumped, the one thing you love to do is just forget about this human being, and then go on with your life - but no, you just love them harder. "

" The brain was not built to walk into a bar, where you know nobody, and start a conversation. That's not the way humanity has courted. "

" 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! "

" Romantic love allows you to focus mating energy. Attachment sustains that relationship as long as necessary to raise your baby. "

" Women like signs of money and education - things that indicate that not only is this guy going to have some resources, but he's also willing to share them. "

" From my studies of genetics and neuroscience I have come to believe that people fall into four broad personality types - each influenced by a different brain chemical: I call them the Explorer, Builder, Director, and Negotiator. "

" Games are the way we keep romance alive. They're based in human hardwiring. Playing hard-to-get or leaving a little to the imagination allows the woman to be wooed and appreciated and the man to be challenged and intrigued. "

" For men, being too put-together implies femininity. "

" Both sexes like the exercise and challenge of sports, but for men it's also a basic display behavior for impressing and winning a mate. "

" Any time you choose not to hide your tattoo, you're limiting your social sphere, because they're not popular in big business. "

" Real competition can drive up testosterone, which boosts libido. "

" When you can't have someone but you're not willing to accept that, you try harder and become more extreme about it. Either you win the person back or you drive him away. "

" As a group, anthropologists are not too fond of people who work in the business world. "

" Today, American women bear an average of 2.2 children that live to adulthood. Across most of Europe, women bear even fewer young. "

" People have been looking for love potions since hunter-gatherer societies. "

" Psychologists maintain that the dizzying feeling of intense romantic love lasts only about 18 months to - at best - three years. "

" Neither gender is routinely more jealous - although women are more willing to work to win back a lover, while men tend to flaunt their money and status and are more likely to walk out to protect their self-esteem or save face. "

" 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. "

" People kill for love. They die for love. "

" Since when is anyone truly honest with anyone? "

" I've always maintained that men were more romantic than women. "