Men tend to be hierarchical, but women are driven to make lateral connections so they can cooperate. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Scientists know that women gravitate to men who have a different immune system from theirs. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Despite the myth that men are less committed, they are predisposed to desire marriage. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Whether you're married or not, relationships - and the satisfaction tied to them - are extremely important for increasing men's and women's… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Natural beauty really entices men. They will tell you this time and time again, and studies consistently prove it. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Men have a psychological need to show off their courage and strength. When he sees you talking to another guy, that instinct… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
It's almost as if men who get tribal tattoos are trying to signal that they are dangerous, they're to be respected, and… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Men couldn't care less if your strands are perfectly styled and neat. In fact, he might like you more with some wildness… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Men want to think women don't cheat, and women want men to think they don't cheat, and therefore the sexes have been… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
In general, men are wired to notice obvious signs that convey interest in mating - a warm smile, for example - and… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Women's worst invention was the plow. With the beginning of plow agriculture, men's roles became extremely powerful. Women lost their ancient jobs… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
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… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Neither gender is routinely more jealous - although women are more willing to work to win back a lover, while men tend… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
A hundred years ago, if you had a child out of marriage, you'd be a social disgrace. Today women feel comfortable enough… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Women have a better sense of smell than men do, and it's even sharper in the middle of their menstrual cycle, when… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Blushing is thought to be linked to increased levels of norepinephrine in the brain, which may be associated with romantic feelings. It… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Overdone lipstick is a deterrent to men. It rubs off easily onto their skin and the edges of their shirts, so it… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Men are so visual, they see a woman who appeals to them physically, and it will trigger the romantic love system faster. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Women spend their lives trying to look good for men. So a woman who feels she's sending the right visual signals is… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Young women today do not marry the men they met in high school, or even the one they go out with at… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
You've got to remember that men are men and women are women. And although a lot of similarities, there are some real… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Both sexes like the exercise and challenge of sports, but for men it's also a basic display behavior for impressing and winning… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
As societies continue to loosen their standards regarding what is appropriate female and male behavior, I think we are going to realize… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Once you fall for someone, their smell can be a powerful thing. Women will wear their boyfriends' T-shirts, and throughout tales in… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Women apparently are quite drawn to men who have differences rather than similarities in their histocompatibility system. They pick it up by… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
A woman will toss her head and a man will say, 'Oh she's trying to pick me up,' when in fact she's… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Women are very attracted to a low voice because it's linked to testosterone, which for millions of years was a sign that… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
What our grandmothers told us about playing hard to get is true. The whole point of the game is to impress and… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
It certainly would have been adaptive for ancestral man to have a chubby wife during stressful times of famine. Not only would… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
We're not very dangerous animals; we don't have a horn like a rhino or quills like a porcupine. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Of all the foods we share, there is nothing more primordial than meat. It's no surprise that meat-eaters still want a partner who will… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
When chimps threaten, they open their mouth and show their teeth. It's a little like waving a knife in front of you. It's very… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
For so many generations, a woman's only career path was to marry well and to marry up. Those days have changed. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Almost always, when I'm on TV, the producers who call me, who negotiate what we're going to say, is a woman. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Jealousy can even be good for love. One partner may feel secretly flattered when the other is mildly jealous. And catching someone flirting with… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
In that early-love stage, you're in that state of exhilaration. You talk till dawn. You become obsessed with 'What does he think?' 'Does he… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
“...if patterns of human love subtly change, all sorts of social and political atrocities can escalate.” — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
People have been looking for love potions since hunter-gatherer societies. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Women's worst invention was the plow. With the beginning of plow agriculture, men's roles became extremely powerful. Women lost their ancient jobs as collectors. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
As women in industrial societies join the paid workforce, they gain the economic means to depart unhappy marriages more easily. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
