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female promiscuity
 
hair
 
handgrip strength
 
height
 
high-cost signals
 
lip fullness
 
lower-pitched voice
 
symmetricality
 
waist-to-hip ratio
 
Genghis Khan
 
Genome
(Ridley)
 
Givens, David
 
gorillas
 
male/female size differential
 
penis size
 
testicle size
 
gossip
 
Gottlieb, Lori
 
Gottman, John
 
Guthrie, Edwin
 
Guttentag, Marcia
 
 
 
hair
 
handgrip strength
 
happiness
 
abundance of choices and
 
in adulterous marriages
 
in arranged marriages
 
durability of
 
income and
 
life satisfaction from marriage
 
marital, decline in
 
in marriage, to improve
 
in romantic story line
 
satisficers vs. maximizers
 
set point
 
similarities between partners and
 
smiles
 
Haselton, Martie
 
health.
See
genetic fitness indicators
 
height
 
attractiveness of
 
as genetic fitness indicator
 
market value
 
as predictor of intelligence
 
societal advantages
 
high-cost signals
 
How Much Would You Pay For a Dollar game
 
hugs
 
humor
 
Huston, Ted
 
 
 
infidelity
 
evolutionary basis
 
female orgasm and
 
genetic profile and
 
lies about
 
prevalence of
 
women’s sexual fantasies and
 
See also
promiscuity
 
intelligence
 
adolescent height as predictor of
 
attractiveness of
 
as heritable trait
 
as hindrance for women
 
mistaken assumptions and
 
sexual selection for
 
Internet dating
 
abundance of choices
 
chance of mismatch
 
criteria
 
lies
 
matching systems
 
values and standards
 
intuition
 
ability of animals
 
overanalysis and
 
women’s superiority at
 
Ismael the Bloodthirsty
 
 
 
“Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest” (Wodehouse)
 
Journal of Consumer Research, The
 
 
 
Kahneman, Daniel
 
Klein, Stefan
 
 
 
language
 
evolution of
 
in marital communication
 
verbalization, confusion and
 
women’s facility for
 
See also
body language
 
Levenson, Robert
 
lies.
See
deception
 
life expectancy
 
likability
 
lips
 
long-term mating.
See
marriage
 
love
 
cultural importance of
 
fading of
 
growth of
 
mathematical quantification of
 
neurochemistry of
 
obstacles
 
priming
 
romantic story line
 
satisficers vs. maximizers
 
similar sexual past and
 
at time of marriage
 
 
 
Machiavellian intelligence theory
 
Madonna-whore dichotomy
 
“Magical Number Seven, The” (Miller)
 
market theory
 
creation of scarcity
 
Internet dating applications
 
mathematical analysis of relationships
 
negotiation of value
 
similarly valued mates
 
undervalued assets
 
value of sex
 
value of wealth
 
See also
consumerism
 
marriage
 
age differentials
 
arranged
 
cohabitation before
 
commitment
 
communication patterns
 
divorce rate
 
earnings cost to women
 
effect on women’s preferences
 
expectations
 
fighting
 
health benefits
 
improvement from small changes
 
infidelity
 
lies to spouse
 
life satisfaction
 
love
 
market value
 
negative emotions
 
qualities sought in mate
 
romantic story line
 
selectivity and
 
self-deception
 
serial monogamy
 
similarity of facial features
 
success predictions
 
therapy techniques
 
unmarried women
 
waning desire
 
 
mathematics
 
market analysis of relationships
 
of mate selection
 
quantification of love
 
Mathematics and Sex
(Cresswell)
 
Mead, Margaret
 
meeting people.
See
barroom encounters
 
memory
 
Mero, Laszlo
 
messages, unintentional.
See
body chemistry; body language
 
MHC (major histocompatibility complex)
 
midlife crisis
 
Miller, Geoffrey F.
 
on brain development
 
on cultural behavior
 
statistical analysis of mate selection
 
studies on fertility cycle
 
Miller, George
 
money.
See
wealth
 
monogamy
 
competition and
 
genetic component
 
human trend toward
 
male/female size differential and
 
men’s obsession with youthfulness and
 
rarity of
 
serial
 
testicle size and
 
women’s control of
 
See also
pair-bonding
 
Moore, Monica
 
Morris, Desmond
 
music
 
 
 
Nash, John
 
neurochemistry.
See
brain
 
“Nonverbal Courtship Patterns in Women” (Moore)
 
nonverbal messages.
See
body chemistry; body language
 
 
 
Oedipal attraction
 
offspring.
See
children
 
online dating.
See
Internet dating
 
orgasm, female
 
ovulation
 
behavioral changes during
 
concealed
 
infidelity during
 
men’s responsiveness to
 
women’s preferences during
 
oxytocin
 
 
 
pair-bonding
 
child-rearing
 
concealed ovulation
 
duration of coitus
 
legal bond
 
physical features
 
See also
marriage
 
PAIR Project
 
Paradox of Choice, The
(Schwartz)
 
parental investment theory
 
peak-end rule
 
penis size
 
Perper, Timothy
 
personality traits
 
basic desirable qualities
 
creativity
 
feminine qualities
 
helpfulness and caring
 
humor
 
sexual selection and
 
signaled by hair length
 
similarity of values
 
physical features.
See
genetic fitness indicators;
specific features
 
pickup lines
 
polygamy.
See
monogamy
 
pornography
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