Courtship Displays and Attraction Signals
to appear wet either by the use of saliva or cosmetics, giving a
woman the appearance of sexual invitation.
When a woman becomes sexually aroused her lips, breasts
and genitals become larger and redder as they fill with blood.
The use of lipstick is an Egyptian invention that is four thou-
sand years old and is intended to mimic facially the reddened
genitals of the sexually aroused female. This explains why, in
experiments using photos of women wearing various lipstick
colours, men consistently find the bright reds the most attrac-
tive and sensual.
- Self-Touching
As stated earlier, our minds
get our bodies to act out our
secret desires — and so it is
with Self-Touching. Women
have dramatically more nerve
sensors for experiencing touch
than men, making them more
sensitive to touch sensations.
When a woman slowly and sen-
sually strokes her thigh, neck
or throat it infers that, if a man
plays his cards right, he may be
able to touch her in these same
ways. At the same time, her
self-touch lets her imagine what
it might feel like if the man was
initiating the touch.
Most pictures of women in
sensual poses include plenty of
Self-Touching
4.The Limp Wrist
Walking or sitting while holding a Limp Wrist is
a submission signal used exclusively by women
and gay men. In a similar way, a bird feigns a
damaged wing to distract prey away from its
Birds will feign an injured wing to get
attention; women use a Limp Wrist
