Human Development: David Buss and Relationships

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3. He has theorized that women are jealous of pretty rivals and men are jealous of rich ones, that men prefer more sexual variety than women do, that women need to trap a mate and men are motivated to sleep around—and attributes all of these traits to our genetic makeup. Also, you may think your opposite-sex friends are just friends, but he thinks you’re fooling yourself. And he’s a big proponent of the idea that men and women are seeking fundamentally different qualities in a mate. Because, he says, of evolution—and that’s the problem.

4. Gay and lesbian couples seek the same kind of mutually supportive, romantic, and emotionally intimate bonds as straight couples. They struggle with the same issues of finances, intimacy, and extended family as straight couples. They define relationship satisfaction in largely the same way as well.