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I don’t think we’re an animal that was built to be happy we are an animal that was built to reproduce.
Helen Fisher
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Helen Fisher
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 31
Anthropologist
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Helen Fisher
Helen E Fisher
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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.
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Natural beauty really entices men. They will tell you this time and time again, and studies consistently prove it.
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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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If we remained perpetually infatuated, we couldn't eat, sleep or work.
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Men couldn't care less if your strands are perfectly styled and neat. In fact, he might like you more with some wildness or bedhead, since it shows you're carefree and relaxed.
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There exists no culture in which adultery is unknown, no cultural device or code that extinguishes philandering.
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