We call it crying over dog commercials crying,” Brizendine said.
It is not entirely an issue of free will," Brizendine stressed.
For women, it is everything that happens 24 hours beforehand," Brizendine said.
Men can have the uncomfortable feeling that women are mind readers or
psychics, Brizendine said.
And because everything else has changed, she needs everything else to be as
predictable as possible, including the husband,” Brizendine said.
Women may also have evolved extra-sensitivity to interpersonal cues as a way to avoid conflict,
a state that can feel intolerable to women, according to Brizendine.
I also mention the research done by Brizendine that found that women speak an average of 20,000
words daily compared to only 7,000 words for men.
Over the course of evolution, it was rare for our maternal ancestors to be full-time mothers,
said Brizendine, because there was always kin-folk around to help with child rearing.
A week later, there is a rise in progesterone, the hormone that mimics valium, making women“feel like cuddling up
with a hot cup of tea and a good book,” Brizendine said.