Polarity

The article argues that long-term attraction depends on restored masculine-feminine polarity after novelty fades. The article says the reassurance exercise works through female vulnerability and male provision of reassurance. The article says lasting attraction requires the man's testosterone to be higher relative to the woman's and the woman's estrogen to be higher relative to the man's. The article presents the reassurance exercise as a bedroom practice in which a woman asks for direct verbal reassurance from a man. The article says couples should not rely on novelty alone to sustain sexual intimacy.