From the Heart (part 3 of a 4 part series on Love and Romance)
How Men and Women Love: The Differences

Research reveals some interesting differences between the sexes in how love is defined and expressed.

Men tend to express their love through actions-- by working hard at their jobs, bringing gifts, making love. Women rely more on words: "I love you." "You're wonderful."

Men rate loyalty higher as a component for love than women, who give higher marks for emotional security.

Although men come to commitment much more slowly due to fear of emotional dependency and the pain of a possible breakup, they tend to fall in love sooner (and to love more passionately) than women do. But researchers find no overall differences in men's and women's passionate feelings.

Women tend to fall out of love more readily than men; they are more likely to compare their relationships to alternatives, or to end a relationship that seems ill-fated; they also cope more effectively with rejection.

Women are usually more satisfied with their current love relationship than men, but when the relationship is over, men tend to remember it more fondly than women do.

Men are more romantic than women. Studies on romanticism during courtship show that men are more likely to agree, for example, with the statement, "Love is a many-splendored thing."

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