Decoding Love
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sexual liberation
shrinkage of dating pool
fertility. See ovulation
fidelity. See infidelity
fighting
financial success. See wealth
first impressions
Fisher, Helen
fitness indicators. See genetic fitness indicators
flirting
framing of context
friends, attraction to
“From Pride and Prejudice to Persuasion” (Todd and Miller)
Game, The (Strauss)
game theory
bad behavior
chances of finding ideal mate
competition among women
self-deception
strategies and basic moves
unpredictability
women’s control of monogamous society
Geher, Glenn
General Theory of Love, A (Lewis)
genes
codominance
intelligence as heritable trait
MHC genes
promiscuity gene
X and Y chromosomes
See also sexual selection
genetic fitness indicators
attractiveness
body odor
face shape
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
Match.com
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
precious egg-cheap sperm distinction
priming
proceptivity, female
promiscuity
double standards, Madonna-whore dichotomy
of female, testicle size and
genetic component
lies about sexual past
sluts and studs
See also infidelity
Psychology of Human Conflict, The (Guthrie)
reasoning, poor choices and
Red Queen, The (Ridley)
Red Queen situations
relationships. See love; marriage; specific issues
reluctant males
Rice, William
Ridley, Matt
Rinaldi, Sergio
romance. See love
Rules, The (Fein and Schneider)
runaway sexual selection
Russell, Bertrand
satisficers vs. maximizers
scents. See smells
Schwartz, Barry
Schwartz, Norbert
Schwartz, Pepper
self-confidence
self-deception
self-perception
semen
sex
benefits
brain responses
brain space devoted to
duration of coitus
emotional attachment after first encounter
fantasies
market value
protection from parasites
reproduction methods
strengthening of pair-bond
variety in
withholding of
See also infidelity; promiscuity
Sex Signals (Perper)
sexual fantasies
sexual liberation
sexual past
sexual selection
brain size
Darwin’s theory
evolutionary strategies
sexual selection (cont.)
female orgasm
high-cost signals
parental investment theory
runaway
in shaping of personality traits
sperm competition
See also genetic fitness indicators
“she wants me” bias
Shubik, Martin
signals. See body chemistry; body language
Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart (Gigerenzer and Todd)
singleswithscruples.com
skin
sluts
smells
attractiveness and
ovulation and
perception of weight and
perfumes
smelly T-shirt test
smiles
social brain hypothesis
sperm competition
sperm/egg distinction
Strauss, Neil
studs
success, financial
attractiveness of
cheating and
female orgasm and
as health indicator
See also wealth symmetricality
Symons, Donald
testicle size
testosterone
“Theory of Marriage, The” (Becker)
They Call Me Naughty Lola (Rose)
threat display
Todd, Peter F.
Too Many Women? (Guttentag)
touch
hugs
initiation of
market value
messages in
positive response to
Trivers, Robert
True.com
T-shirt study
twelve-bonk rule (“try a dozen” rule)
unintentional messages. See body chemistry; body language
vasopressin
voice
appeal of pitch
communication through tone
during peak fertility
status in group and
waist-to-hip ratio
Wansink, Brian
wealth
benefits of marriage
earnings cost of marriage to women
envy
happiness
indirect signaling about
market value
in men’s desirability
of women, men’s avoidance of
Wedekind, Claus
weight
discussions about
market value of
perception of
waist-to-hip ratio
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Albee)
Wodehouse, P. G.
youth, men’s preference for