"Women are more likely to have sex and fall in love, which can be tough because that's not the way men work"
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The intent reads partly protective, partly explanatory. It offers women a framework for why something hurt - not because they “did it wrong,” but because the other side was built differently. That’s comforting, but it also nudges listeners toward resignation: if “that’s not the way men work,” then disappointment becomes nature, not negotiation. The subtext is a soft form of risk management: don’t expect reciprocity, don’t mistake access for intimacy, don’t confuse sex with security.
It also flatters the speaker’s authority as someone presumed to have seen the backstage of modern dating. Celebrity commentary often functions as cultural triage - translating messy private experiences into a tidy diagnosis. The trade-off is that the quote reinforces a gender script that’s already doing plenty of work in the culture: men are excused from emotional labor, women are tasked with anticipating it. What makes it effective is its casual certainty; what makes it risky is how easily “likely” becomes “inevitable.”
Quote Details
| Topic | Romantic |
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| Source | Help us find the source |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Perry, Rachel. (2026, January 16). Women are more likely to have sex and fall in love, which can be tough because that's not the way men work. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/women-are-more-likely-to-have-sex-and-fall-in-108955/
Chicago Style
Perry, Rachel. "Women are more likely to have sex and fall in love, which can be tough because that's not the way men work." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/women-are-more-likely-to-have-sex-and-fall-in-108955/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Women are more likely to have sex and fall in love, which can be tough because that's not the way men work." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/women-are-more-likely-to-have-sex-and-fall-in-108955/. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.







