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A woman of 40 or 50 or 60 can take estrogen replacements, get facelifts, spend her money in bars.
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Helen Fisher
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 31
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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.
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Today, American women bear an average of 2.2 children that live to adulthood. Across most of Europe, women bear even fewer young.
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Overdone lipstick is a deterrent to men. It rubs off easily onto their skin and the edges of their shirts, so it discourages them from kissing, touching, and coming closer to you, which is what they really want to do!
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You know, when you've been dumped, the one thing you love to do is just forget about this human being, and then go on with your life - but no, you just love them harder.
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If we remained perpetually infatuated, we couldn't eat, sleep or work.
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The human brain is built to compare it's Darwinian to consider an alternative when one presents itself.
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Blushing is thought to be linked to increased levels of norepinephrine in the brain, which may be associated with romantic feelings. It signals that we are interested and excited, which is attractive to men.
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Women have never been as interesting as they are now. Not at any time on this planet have women been so educated, so interesting, so capable.
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