After conducting some statistical analysis, it became clear that men, on average, tend to fall in love a month earlier than women - possibly because they are more inclined to position themselves as the initiators of the obligation to attract a partner, researchers note. Men fall in love more often than women do, but tend to express less tradition. In his study of who from the sexes is more romantic, a collective of researchers from Australia and New Zealand analyzed survey data, which included 808 adults aged 18 to 25, all of whom described themselves as currently in love.
The research, conducted under the auspices of biologist Adam Bode from the Australian National University, covered 33 different countries in Europe, North and South America, and South Africa. The questions posed in the study were general, covering the time and frequency of falling in love, as well as the number of times participants fell in love. Moreover, the team conducted a numerical analysis, taking into account additional factors affecting feelings of love, such as age and gender dynamics of men and women in each participating country.
Men are also inclined to fall in love earlier than relationships become 'official', since 30% of male participants in the study reported this current distinction, while at that time women observed it less than 20%. The findings from Adam Bode, a professor of biological anthropology, were as follows: "This is the first study that examines the differences between women and men in romantic experiences of love, using a relatively larger sample from different cultures." He added: "This is the first convincing evidence of the differences between women and men in certain aspects of romantic love."
