Decades of marches, articles, books, law suits and national, regional and local discussions have finally uprooted these and many more wrong beliefs about women. This national survey furthers that cause. Indeed, it shows that women seek more independence in a partnership than men do. But I have long wanted to bust myriad myths about the other half of the human race—men.
Single in America does it in spades. Even young men. Men are less picky too. Men are also more likely to have experienced love at first sight, as well as open to introducing a date to their parents sooner.
Remarkably, men under age 45 are also more willing than older men and women to enter a committed relationship with someone who has everything they were looking for in a partner, but whom they do not find sexually attractive. I study the brain in love. My colleagues and I have put over 60 men and women ages into a brain scanner to study the brain circuitry of romantic passion.
We found no gender differences. This Single in America study supports what I have long suspected: that men are just as eager to find a partner, fall in love, commit long term and raise a family.
And the sooner we embrace these findings, and fling off our outmoded and unproductive beliefs about both sexes, the faster we will find—and keep—the love we want. About Dr. Helen Fisher Dr. In addition to serving as the scientific advisor for both Chemistry.
