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|'''Gladys Knight & The Pips''', "If I Were Your Woman"}}
In works featuring a male protagonist, the first girl
There are all sorts of explanations as to why this is. Things [[Book Ends|ending up the same place they started]] is a very old narrative technique. The First Girl "winning" has a [[Because Destiny Says So]] kind of a appeal—she metaphorically "called dibs" on the hero and [[Red String of Fate|tied a string to his heart]]. This might actually strike a chord with readers because of its [[Truth in Television]] overtones; recent psychological studies suggest that the first people someone meets in a new or unfamiliar social situation have a greater chance at becoming their close friends later on.
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