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Here’s The Psychology Of A Romantic Relationship That Expands The Self – Partnering Up Can Help You Grow As An Individual
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Here’s The Psychology Of A Romantic Relationship That Expands The Self – Partnering Up Can Help You Grow As An Individual

It’s common to want to become a better version of yourself. Much like the desires to eat, drink and avoid harm, human beings also experience a fundamental need to learn, grow and improve – what psychologists call self-expansion. Consider your favorite activities. Things like reading a book, spending time in nature, volunteering with a new organization, taking a class, traveling, trying a new restaurant, exercising or watching a documentary all broaden the self. Those experiences add new knowledge, skills, perspectives and identities. When who you are as a person expands, you enhance your competence and capabilities and increase your ability to meet new challenges and accomplish new goals. Of course, you can achieve self-expansion on your own by trying new and interesting activities (like p...
Inside The Messy Psychology Of Sexual Double Standards – Cheating’s OK For Me, But Not For Thee
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Inside The Messy Psychology Of Sexual Double Standards – Cheating’s OK For Me, But Not For Thee

David M. Buss, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts Sexual double standards – in which women and men are judged differently for the same sexual behavior – will probably sound familiar to most people. The classic one centers on multiple sexual partners: Men who are promiscuous are lauded as “studs,” “lotharios” or “ladies’ men,” while women who have a lot of sex get called “sluts” or “whores.” Men who cheat on their wives aren’t exactly praised, but they’ll often get a pass. Women who do the same, on the other hand, risk sullying their social reputations. There’s a different sexual double standard, however, and it’s one that exists between two partners. In my new book, “When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault,” I spend so...
Psychology of Sex: Approaching a Woman
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Psychology of Sex: Approaching a Woman

Invisible bond of attraction Many of us are envious of a colleague or another man known to you escorting a lovely girl on his arm. This element of envy is usually with men known to you. One is not really bothered to see an unknown man escorting a beautiful girl other than an appreciative glance. The truth is that we do envy a man having a lovely girl as a date and the thought does cross the mind as to how he has done it. This in simple terms is referred to as the Psychology of sex. What does this man have that you don't? I have a theory:a man who hooks a lovely girl as a date is able to read that girl better and makes his approach after reading her personality and as such is winner Gaze It is not farfetched and psychologists have confirmed that just by looking at a girl a man can get a c...