(Time Healthland) For Love and Money: Why Men Spend More When Women Are Few
By BELINDA LUSCOMBE | @youseless | January 18, 2012
When women are in short supply, they expect men to pay more for engagement rings, dinner dates and Valentine’s Day gifts.
When women are scarcer, new research finds that men tend to get all impulsive with their money, borrowing more and saving less, in much the same way that a male peacock will shake his tail feathers harder if there aren’t many peahens around.
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