Decoding Love - Andrew Trees [103]
obstacles
to opposite-sex friends
to others, while in relationship
susceptibility to priming
See also barroom encounters
attractiveness
of body vs. face
clothing and
as genetic fitness indicator
importance of
innate preference for
market value
men’s behavior and
during ovulation
proximity to attractive people and
sex of children and
similar levels of
societal advantages
babies. See children
Baker, Robin
barroom encounters
advice for men
advice for men and women
advice for women
initiation of touching
men’s oblivion to signals
nonverbal signals
reluctant males
stages of courtship
time of night
turnoffs
women’s control of
beauty. See attractiveness
Becker, Gary
Bleske, April
body chemistry
fecundity within extended family
male hormonal fluctuations
body chemistry (cont.)
neurochemistry
Oedipal attraction
ovulation and fertility cycle
smells
body language
as bulk of communication
facial animation
facial leaks
first impressions
five stages of courtship
hand gestures
men’s oblivion to
oblique signals
smiles
synchrony
variety and frequency of signals
women’s cognizance of
body size
effect of fragrance on perception of
in polygamous species
preferences
brain
habituation to positive feelings
hugs and
Machiavellian intelligence theory
memory
monogamy and
reasoning
responses to infatuation
responses to neutral conversations
sexual differences in physical structure
sexual selection theory
space devoted to sex
See also intelligence
breasts
Brizendine, Louann
Buss, David
on human evolutionary purpose
infidelity rate estimate
on man’s valuation of attractiveness
on women’s valuation of sincerity
cheap sperm-precious egg distinction
cheating. See infidelity
Chemistry.com
children
abuse by stepparents
couple’s relationship and
daughters, likelihood of having
monogamy and
pair-bonding and
parental investment theory
parents’ degree of kinship and
paternity
sons, likelihood of divorce and
sperm competition and
chimpanzees
duration of coitus
grooming
humans’ similarity to
multiple ejaculations
penis size
social order
testicle size
choice
analysis of preferences
immobilizing effect of
irrevocability of
life choices, potential dating pool and
poor choices
choosiness
attractiveness of
marriage and
men vs. women
parental investment theory
tolerance of annoying habits
Clark, Neil
commitment
feminism and
men’s lies about
perception of attractiveness and
similar sexual past and
value of
communication
conversation turnoffs
decline of
fighting
language and verbal skills
marital therapy techniques
negative emotional expression
overanalysis of
pickup lines
predictors of marital success
voice pitch
See also body chemistry; body language
competition
among women
female promiscuity and
in polygamous and monogamous societies
Red Queen situations
sperm competition
threat display
See also sexual selection
conservadate.com
consumerism
abundance of choices
bad choices
envy
irrevocable choices
satisficers and maximizers
See also market theory
contraceptives
Coolidge effect
creativity
Cresswell, Clio
cryptic female choice
Darwin, Charles
dateamillionaire.com
dating. See barroom encounters
dating pool
life choices and
for older women
dating sites. See Internet dating
deception
about sexual past
facial leaks
faked orgasms
in Internet dating
men’s proclivity for
prevalence of
punishment for
self-deception
smiles
social manipulation
women’s cognizance of
women’s vulnerability to
demographic shift in dating pool
Descent of Man (Darwin)
desire
following arousal
neurochemical effects
waning of
Devore, Irven
de Waal, Frans
divorce