2004 : WHAT'S YOUR LAW?

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Professor of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin; Author, When Men Behave Badly
Buss?€?s Laws of Human Mating

Buss¡¯s Third Law of Human Mating

For every mating adaptation in one sex, there exists at least one co-evolved adaptation in the other sex designed to manipulate and exploit it.

Buss¡¯s Fourth Law of Human Mating

For every co-evolved exploitative mating adaptation, there exists at least one co-co-evolved defensive adaptation designed to circumvent being manipulated and exploited.

Buss¡¯s Seventh Law of Human Mating

Never reveal your first two laws of mating, lest they be used to manipulate and exploit you.