Is Cameron Diaz Playing the Opposite Game With A-Rod?

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In a deliciously saucy interview with Maxim magazine promoting her latest comedy 'Bad Teacher,' actress Cameron Diaz, 38, blasts marriage as a "dying institution" and claims that when it comes to relationships, "old traditions don't suit our world any long."

We assume that means Cam won't be walking down the aisle with her beau Alex Rodriguez any time soon, but we can't help but wondering whether the lady doth protest too much. Cameron seems to know just how to play the game when it comes to men (she gives a detailed recipe for seduction in her Maxim interview that involves doing something you only did in junior high at least once a day).

We're wondering if all her talk about marriage being so stinko isn't a bit of reverse psychology to tempt the Yankee slugger into a more serious relationship.

"Cameron reminds me of a girl I know who always tells her boyfriend she doesn't want a present for her birthday. That girl DOES want a present, and she wants it to be expensive, and she is going to sulk passive-aggressively for at least two weeks afterward when her boyfriend doesn't read her psychic mind signals. Now, I'm not saying Cameron Diaz is like that chick, but if she is, A-Rod, be ready," says Crushable Editor-in-Chief Lilit Marcus.

Even if she isn't pushing for marriage per se, Cam definitely knew how to play her cards in that interview in order to keep A-Rod on the line a little longer.

"Many people have started to question the institution of marriage, not just her. But I do think the lady doth protest a little too much," says The Frisky Editor-in-Chief Amelia McDonell-Parry. "We get it, you don't want to settle down with one person, you think long-term monogamy doesn't work, you like to hump on airplanes, blah blah blah.

McDonell-Parry says she can't help but wonder if Cam is trying too hard to be the low-pressure gal many women assume guys want.

"Maybe it's not that she wants to marry him, just that she doesn't want to lose him just yet?" The Frisky EIC considers.

It's a very suave strategy and one that actually does work, according to love and dating expert Dr. Gilda Carle, author of "Don't Bet on the Prince: How to Have the Man You Want By Betting on Yourself." Men actually do want a low-pressure gal, Gilda says.

"Don't PLAY hard to get; BE hard to get," is Dr. Gilda'a mantra for women.

"Cameron is continuing to do her movies, her product endorsements, and living her life. Men are hunters, and they actually enjoy the chase. When they catch a hard-to-get woman, they think they've won a real prize. A-Rod's past loves all became A-Rod-centered, and lost themselves in HIS life," Carle says.

Maybe we're all too cynical. After spending two decades in Hollywood like Cameron has wouldn't anyone be disillusioned about marriage. The divorce rate on Tinsel Town is what? 70% these days.

"I don't think Cameron would be dating A-Rod if she wanted to get married because he lost that 'husband of the year' award a while back," says life and dating coach Tracey Steinberg. "I tend to believe people who say they don't want to get married and since she's never done it, I believe her. She's gorgeous, hysterically funny and one of the most desirable women in Hollywood...it's not like she's never had the opportunity. If it was legal, I'd marry her!"