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Men Are from Westeros, Women Are from Essos

LOOKING TO Game of Thrones for relationship guidance might sound like watching the Star Wars movies for parenting pointers. But amid all the brutality and misogyny on the Foxtel series, which returned for its final season on April 15, there are some insightful romantic lessons for guys who don’t settle their differences with a sword. Especially if they’re attracted to strong, ambitious, tough-as-dragon-glass women. Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist, is studying what men are searching for in relationships, and her research indicates that most of them would make a long-term commitment to a woman who earns considerably more money than they do (90 per cent) and is considerably

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