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Hair that looks like it's been naturally sun-bleached makes you seem youthful, like you spend a lot of time outdoors. And that appeals to most people.
Helen Fisher
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Helen Fisher
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 31
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Helen E Fisher
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A Rolex watch or an expensive car are the things guys often use to show status, wealth, and basic desirability.
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As societies continue to loosen their standards regarding what is appropriate female and male behavior, I think we are going to realize we have not only underestimated women, but also men.
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If we remained perpetually infatuated, we couldn't eat, sleep or work.
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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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Almost always, when I'm on TV, the producers who call me, who negotiate what we're going to say, is a woman.
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Men tend to be hierarchical, but women are driven to make lateral connections so they can cooperate.
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We evolved in a tropical climate where the smells of plants and flowers were all around us. We spent a lot of time in the trees with a lot of sunlight and no clothes.
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Women are very attracted to a low voice because it's linked to testosterone, which for millions of years was a sign that men had very good spacial skills and would have been very good at hunting and finding their way back home.
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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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