251 Quotes by helen fisher

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.

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

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.

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

Along with our many human propensities, we evolved a huge cerebral cortex with which we make decisions.

The women's movement is just a symptom of basic changes in the economy that are favoring women.

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.

Natural beauty really entices men. They will tell you this time and time again, and studies consistently prove it.

Women, it turns out, are built to lead - particularly in the modern world.