Women apparently are quite drawn to men who have differences rather than similarities in their histocompatibility system. They pick it up by smell, and they can pick it up from kissing.
Helen FisherYou can really get poked in the back and not feel it very much, but just a feather around your lips and you really do feel it.
Helen FisherResearch shows that couples who have a lot of similarities, including intellectual compatibility, end up staying together.
Helen Fisher