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===Male response to ovulation=== Changes in hormones during a female's cycles affect the way she behaves and the way males behave towards her. Research has found that men are a lot more attentive and loving towards their partners when they are in the most [[Fertility|fertile]] phase of their cycles, in comparison to when they are in the [[luteal]] phases.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Pillsworth|first1=Elizabeth G.|last2=Haselton|first2=Martie G.|date=2006-07-01|title=Male sexual attractiveness predicts differential ovulatory shifts in female extra-pair attraction and male mate retention|journal=Evolution and Human Behavior|language=en|volume=27|issue=4|pages=247β258|doi=10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2005.10.002|bibcode=2006EHumB..27..247P |issn=1090-5138}}</ref> Men become increasingly [[Sexual jealousy|jealous and possessive]] over their partners during this stage.<ref name="Gangestad 975β982">{{Cite journal|last1=Gangestad|first1=Steven W|last2=Thornhill|first2=Randy|last3=Garver|first3=Christine E|date=2002-05-07|title=Changes in women's sexual interests and their partners' mate-retention tactics across the menstrual cycle: evidence for shifting conflicts of interest.|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences|volume=269|issue=1494|pages=975β982|doi=10.1098/rspb.2001.1952|issn=0962-8452|pmc=1690982|pmid=12028782}}</ref>
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