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From: New Zealand Herald

Men who try hard get the girl: study

New Zealand Herald:

We’ve all met men who think they’re God’s gift to women.

No matter how many times they’re rebuffed in the dating game, they always bounce back.

But a study suggests those who display such a fighting spirit might be the ones favoured by evolution – the more a man believes a woman will fancy him, the more likely he is to try it on and therefore get lucky and procreate.

It also suggests that if a man’s super attracted to a woman, the chances are she’s not interested. It claims men are wired to get it wrong time and again because evolution is telling them not to miss a mating opportunity.

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