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#520 - Robin Dunbar - The Evolutionary Psychology Of Love

Modern Wisdom

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The Over Perception and Under Perception Bias

Men tend to over perceive attraction from women and women under perceive men. Men don't pursue that for very long, I think is the answer. Women make it very clear: Sorry, you're going to go away. Don't ring me. But the one they want, they will keep phoning. And what this looks like is very intense female choice going on. They're the ones that really decide. You can see all sorts of interesting strategies through history and across cultures in how that problem is managed.

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