Because men do not need this kind of reassurance from their wives, they often fail to see their wife's need for it and neglect to give it. Women tend to remember anniversary dates and birthdays. Mothers become emotionally attached to their children prior to birth by the virtue of carrying the child in her body. Men do not become emotionally bonded to the child for several months after the birth when the infant begins to smile, respond and interact with him. Men are visually oriented, caring less about the romantic component or personal identity.
Men can easily separate love and sex.
She is attracted not to a photograph of an unknown model or by a handsome stranger, but to a particular man with whom she has entered into an emotional relationship. Women usually combine love and sex. Men do not have as strong a desire and need for stability, security and enduring relationships as women do. At a birthday party of five year olds, its not usually the girls who pull hair, throw punches or smear each other with food. The play habits of young girls is almost exclusively in real life domestic situations, playing house, school etc.