The Definitive Book of Body Language

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Courtship Displays and Attraction Signals

The 13 Most Common Female Courtship
Gestures and Signals

Women use most of the same basic preening gestures as men,
including touching the hair, smoothing the clothing, one or
both hands on hips, foot and body pointing towards the man,
extended intimate gaze and increasing eye contact. Some
women will also adopt the thumbs-in-belt gesture, which,
although it's a male assertion gesture, is used more subtly:
usually only one thumb is tucked into a belt or protrudes from
a handbag or pocket.

Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover;
Something in the way she woos me...
George Harrison

Women become more sexually active in the middle of their
menstrual cycle, when they are most likely to conceive. It's
during this time that they are more likely to wear shorter
dresses and higher heels, to walk, talk, dance and act more
provocatively and to use the signals we are about to discuss.
What follows is a list of the 13 most common courtship ges-
tures and signals used by women everywhere to show a man
that she could be available.


1.The Head Toss and Hair Flick
This is usually the first display a woman will use when she's
around a man she fancies. The head is flicked back to toss the
hair over the shoulders or away from the face. Even women
with short hair will use this gesture. It's a way for a woman
subtly to show that she cares about how she looks to a man.
This also lets her expose her armpit, which allows the 'sex
perfume' known as pheromone to waft across to the target
man.

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