The Definitive Book of Body Language
- Wet Lips and Pouting, Mouth Slightly Open
At puberty, a boy's facial bone structure alters dramatically as
testosterone gives him a stronger, protruding jaw-line, larger
nose and more pronounced forehead - all the essentials for
protection to the face during encounters with animals or
enemies. Girls' bone structure remains largely unchanged and
child-like with more subcutaneous fat, which makes the
female adolescent face appear thicker and fuller, particularly
the lips. Larger, thicker lips therefore become a signal of
femaleness because of their contrast in size to male lips. Some
women have collagen injected into their lips to overstate this
sexual difference and thereby make themselves more appealing
to men. Pouting simply
increases the lip display.
A woman's outer geni-
tal lips are proportionately
the same thickness to her
facial lips. Desmond Morris
describes this as 'self-mimi-
cry', as it is intended to
symbolise the female genital
region. The lips can be made
Sex sirens instinctively know how
to use mouth and lip displays to
get attention
Preening the hair and letting pheromones
in the armpit work their magic
