Wives of Primates

After co-habiting with the male species for many years, I confess that I still do not understand men. Surely, I have learned their habits, I have even made generous contributions to their habitat and livelihood. However, a thorough understanding of men has yet to be achieved.

Some things that some of us girls wonder:

What makes men want to commit if evolutionarily they are simply agents to disseminate genetic material?

In other words, if they're evolutionarily the non-committing type (that means they have been this way down from their grand-daddy's grand-daddy's grand-daddy's grand-daddy's daddy), then why do we still trust them? And why don't they go after the Victoria's Secret model or that certain attractive actress on TV or just that gorgeous girl down the street, and instead, settle with us? I wonder if it's because they did and failed miserably, or we're just way more accessible?

What makes a woman believe that it makes sense to want to marry a man, expecting from him a lifetime's worth of commitment? It can't be that we want babies that bad, do we? (I guess I don't even understand women.)

Surely, I have a scientific/sociological/academic answer, but emotionally, I am not feeling it because the mechanics of anthropology pretty much negates the whim of Love. Modern findings of oxytocins (chemical that induces the feeling of 'love') and social stucture morphosis just don't cut it.