I think that property is very important in this day and age. It defines you; you worked hard to get it. It’s meaningful to you, and when you divorce, a lot of people have a lot of battles over their property for good reasons. – Helen Fisher
Mothers really were not built to raise babies not only by themselves, but with only a partner. For millions of years, a woman had much more than just her husband to help rear her young… This whole idea of ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ is exactly how we’re supposed to live. – Helen Fisher
Most of us make up our minds in the first three minutes of meeting someone whether there’s a potential for a relationship. – Helen Fisher
Today, most women are surrounded by ingenious gadgets. They don’t grow the peas or raise the chicken that they serve for dinner; instead they hunt and gather in the grocery store. They go through catalogs or department stores to buy clothes instead of shearing sheep, carding wool, and weaving cloth for skirts and coats and blankets. – Helen Fisher
When you massage someone, the levels of oxytocin go up in the brain, and oxytocin is one of the chemicals that drives attachment. – Helen Fisher
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. – Helen Fisher
We spend our lives trying to get along with people so we can keep our jobs, keep our marriages together, so that we can raise our kids properly. – Helen Fisher
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. – Helen Fisher
Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere; some say the poorest in the world. – Helen Fisher
Barriers tend to intensify romance. It’s called the ‘Romeo and Juliet effect.’ I call it ‘frustration attraction.’ – Helen Fisher
When you can’t have someone but you’re not willing to accept that, you try harder and become more extreme about it. Either you win the person back or you drive him away. – Helen Fisher
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. – Helen Fisher
The Great Depression of the 1930s saw more American unmarried women working from nine to five, mostly in repetitive, boring, subordinate, dead-end jobs. But the number of working women doubled between 1870 and 1940. During World War II it doubled once again. – Helen Fisher
There are cognitive processes and limbic reactions associated with basic emotions. And you can change brain chemistry, but you’re still not going to change memories and experiences in a human being. – Helen Fisher
There is more and more data indicating that there is a biological basis to your political views. – Helen Fisher
If two very different people pool their DNA, they’ll create more genetic variety, and their young will come to the job of parenting with a wider array of skills. – Helen Fisher
You can really get poked in the back and not feel it very much, but just a feather around your lips and you really do feel it. – Helen Fisher
Touch is the mother of the senses. Not only are women more sensitive when they touch, but they’re also more sensitive to being touched. – Helen Fisher
Women spend their lives trying to look good for men. So a woman who feels she’s sending the right visual signals is pleased with herself. – Helen Fisher
Women are better at reading body language everywhere in the world. As a matter of fact, it’s associated with the female hormone estrogen. Women are better at figuring out of tone of voice, reading your face and posture and gesture. – Helen Fisher
Research shows that couples who have a lot of similarities, including intellectual compatibility, end up staying together. – Helen Fisher
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. – Helen Fisher
Natural beauty really entices men. They will tell you this time and time again, and studies consistently prove it. – Helen Fisher
Why do we feel jealousy? Therapists often regard the demon as a scar of childhood trauma or a symptom of a psychological problem. And it’s true that people who feel inadequate, insecure, or overly dependent tend to be more jealous than others. – Helen Fisher
Men tend to be hierarchical, but women are driven to make lateral connections so they can cooperate. – Helen Fisher
