Time Management and Online Dating
I’m back! Thanks for all the kind words and good thoughts while I’ve been away. The support has meant a great deal to me as I grieve my father’s passing. Online dating is a real opportunity to be “introduced” to a wide range of people you wouldn’t otherwise meet. One of the most common complaints I […]
Taking a Short Leave
Just checking in to let my readers know that I’ll be away from the blog for a week or two. My dad is extremely ill, and our family has gathered to be together and spend this last precious time with him.
Women As the Object of Desire
After my recent post about strategic ways that women can signal their attraction to men, we discussed how tricky it can be to walk the fine line between signaling interest and initiating. Women coming of age today have been raised to pursue achievement in service of their goals. So it seems backward to relegate ourselves to […]
Kissing Behavior Reveals Relationship Intentions
Until fairly recently, scientists have assumed that a key purpose of kissing is to prepare a couple for intercourse by promoting sexual arousal. But recent research shows that while arousal may result from kissing, the purpose of kissing is more about assessing the other person’s suitability as a mate initially. Later it’s about maintaining pair […]
What Makes a Man Creepy?
Evolutionary psychology researchers Francis McAndrew and Sara Koehnke had heard a lot about “creepiness,” but rather than describing what characteristics creeps display, most people describe how someone makes them feel, i.e. “He creeps me out.” They were surprised to learn that the concept of creepiness in social interactions had never been empirically studied, and they set […]