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" 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. "

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" Kissing is not just kissing. It is a major escalation or de-escalation point in a powerful process of mate choice. "

" In courtship, who wins and who loses will determine who passes on their DNA to tomorrow. "

" Every time you cuddle with your children, you're likely to be driving down your testosterone. "

" Women apparently are quite drawn to men who have differences rather than similarities in their histocompatibility system. They pick it up by smell, and they can pick it up from kissing. "

" Until recently, we regarded love as supernatural. We were willing to study the brain chemistry of fear and depression and anger but not love. "

" 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. "

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" We're apt to fall in love with those who are mysterious and challenging to us. "

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" When you massage someone, the levels of oxytocin go up in the brain, and oxytocin is one of the chemicals that drives attachment. "

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

" Women are naturally prone to compete over their mates. "

" Liberals and conservatives are looking for entirely different things. Their attitudes toward romance and how they court are really dramatically different. There's almost no overlap. "

" As societies continue to loosen their standards regarding what is appropriate female and male behavior, I think we are going to realize we have not only underestimated women, but also men. "

" You don't come home from the office to spend time with another job. Hopefully you come home to someone you can have a good time with. "

" Despite the myth that men are less committed, they are predisposed to desire marriage. "

" I think you will find that with divorce will come happier remarriages. "

" A woman of 40 or 50 or 60 can take estrogen replacements, get facelifts, spend her money in bars. "

" Whether you're married or not, relationships - and the satisfaction tied to them - are extremely important for increasing men's and women's quality of life. "

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

" The Internet lets women use words, which is their natural tool. Little girls speak in more complex, grammatical sentences than little boys do, and women never lose that superiority in verbal ability. "

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

" Most of us make up our minds in the first three minutes of meeting someone whether there's a potential for a relationship. "

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

" Since when is anyone truly honest with anyone? "

" Sometimes we fall in love with somebody who will probably never love us, for reasons having nothing to do with us but with their own mindset, their chemistry. "

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

" 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. "

" Hair that looks like it's been naturally sun-bleached makes you seem youthful, like you spend a lot of time outdoors. And that appeals to most people. "

" Scientists know that women gravitate to men who have a different immune system from theirs. "

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