'Opposites attract' is a MYTH says psychologist

The romantic myth that'opposites attract' has been around for centuries. From Beauty and the Beast to the Little Mermaid, many popular fairy tales are centred around couples coming together in spite of their glaring differences. But according to decades of scientific research, opposites tend to find each other repulsive. In a piece for The Conversation, Professor Viren Swami, a social psychologist at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, explores why opposites rarely attract. If you were brought up on a diet of Disney fairy tales, you might be forgiven for thinking that opposites attract.