Quotes by Helen 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.

Helen Fisher

Every time you cuddle with your children, you're likely to be driving down your testosterone.

Helen Fisher

A woman of 40 or 50 or 60 can take estrogen replacements, get facelifts, spend her money in bars.

Helen Fisher

Like most animals, we're wired to associate height with power.

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

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

Men want to think women don't cheat, and women want men to think they don't cheat, and therefore the sexes have been playing a little psychological game with each other.

Helen Fisher

It's almost as if men who get tribal tattoos are trying to signal that they are dangerous, they're to be respected, and they're powerful.

Helen Fisher

Both sexes like the exercise and challenge of sports, but for men it's also a basic display behavior for impressing and winning a mate.

Helen Fisher

For men, being too put-together implies femininity.

Helen Fisher

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.

Helen Fisher

In general, men are wired to notice obvious signs that convey interest in mating - a warm smile, for example - and ignore other subtleties, like if your lipstick is faded.

Helen Fisher

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.

Helen Fisher

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!

Helen Fisher

Men tend to be hierarchical, but women are driven to make lateral connections so they can cooperate.

Helen Fisher

You've got to remember that men are men and women are women. And although a lot of similarities, there are some real differences.

Helen Fisher

A woman will toss her head and a man will say, 'Oh she's trying to pick me up,' when in fact she's not doing that at all. So, women actually have to be a little careful with what they do, because men will pick up things that they didn't mean.

Helen Fisher

Women have a better sense of smell than men do, and it's even sharper in the middle of their menstrual cycle, when estrogen levels peak and women are more likely to be deciding whether a man's attractive.

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

I've always maintained that men were more romantic than women.

Helen Fisher

Men and women are like two feet; they can help each other get ahead.

Helen Fisher