Helen Fisher
Helen Fisher
Helen E. Fisher is an American anthropologist, human behavior researcher, and self-help author. She is a biological anthropologist, is a Senior Research Fellow, at The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, and a Member of the Center For Human Evolutionary Studies in the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University. Prior to Rutgers University, she was a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth31 May 1945
CountryUnited States of America
Throughout evolution, ostracism was death indeed.
Good-looking people are always looking for other good-looking people.
Real competition can drive up testosterone, which boosts libido.
It's in our genes, we were built to wander.
Women are naturally prone to compete over their mates.
When you fight, anger drives up testosterone in both men and women.
As societies continue to loosen their standards regarding what is appropriate female and male behavior, I think we are going to realize we have not only underestimated women, but also men.
When people tell you to walk a certain way, it's like not thinking of a purple tomato. You can't not do it.
We're not very dangerous animals; we don't have a horn like a rhino or quills like a porcupine.
We're apt to fall in love with those who are mysterious and challenging to us.
Women spend their lives trying to look good for men. So a woman who feels she's sending the right visual signals is pleased with herself.
Women, it turns out, are built to lead - particularly in the modern world.
We still have community, but we don't seem to have local community. Even in a small town where you know your neighbors and your mother's down the street, they're not in arm's length.
You size up someone physically in less than one second - too tall, too short, too fat, too thin, too old, too young, too stuffy, too scruffy.