Mothers really were not built ...

Mothers really were not built to raise babies not only by themselves, but with only a partner. For millions of years, a woman had much more than just her husband to help rear her young... This whole idea of 'it takes a village to raise a child' is exactly how we're supposed to live.
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 Helen Fisher

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The Great Depression of the 1930s saw more American unmarried women working from nine to five, mostly in repetitive, boring, subordinate, dead-end jobs. But the number of working women doubled between 1870 and 1940. During World War II it doubled once again.
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 Helen Fisher
Touch is the mother of the senses. Not only are women more sensitive when they touch, but they're also more sensitive to being touched.
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 Helen Fisher
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.
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 Helen Fisher
People live for love. They kill for love. They die for love. They have songs, poems, novels, sculptures, paintings, myths, legends. It's one of the most powerful brain systems on Earth for both great joy and great sorrow.
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 Helen Fisher
Romantic love is an obsession. It possesses you. You lose your sense of self. You can’t stop thinking about another human being.
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 Helen Fisher