Chapter 15
COURTSHIP DISPLAYS AND
ATTRACTION SIGNALS
- A man and woman approaching on a beach
- They see each other 3. They pass
Dr Albert Scheflen, author of Body Language and the Social
Order, found that, when a person enters the company of the
opposite sex, certain physiological changes take place. He
found that high muscle tone became evident in preparation for
a possible sexual encounter, 'bagging' around the face and eyes
decreased, body sagging disappeared, the chest protruded, the
stomach was automatically pulled in, pot-bellied slumping
disappeared, the body assumed an erect posture and the
person appeared to become more youthful in appearance. He
noted that both men and women walked with a livelier,