Knowledge@SMU
Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2-2012
Abstract
There are no hard and fast rules on when one should say 'I love you', or who should say it first. Yet, the implications either way can be profound. Taking an evolutionary-economics perspective, these words, for men, could be taken as "bids for sexual access". Women, on the other hand, might view it differently, depending on whether the words were uttered before or after sex. SMU associate professor Norman Li examines what it is that romantic partners really mean when they say "love".
Disciplines
Economics | Health Economics | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Copyright Owner and Holder
Copyright © Singapore Management University 2012
Licece/Creative Commons Licence
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Article ID
1406
Subject(s)
Health Economics
Citation
Knowledge@SMU.
When to say “I love you”: Before or after sex?. (2012).
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/108