Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Sexual brain -- Physical attractiveness and sex signals -- Love's labors : dating competition and aggression -- Dance of the sexes -- Cheating hearts of birds and humans -- Why marriages fail -- Learning to love -- Sex and work -- Marriage market and single parenthood -- Fashion trends and marriage : anorexia, beards, and skirt length -- What good is a science of romance?
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-287) and index.