The Definitive Book of Body Languagemanicures, pedicures and hair colouring, wears fancy clothes
goes to the jacuzzi, eats organic vegetarian food has botox, a
face-lift and is in touch with his 'feminine side'. While the
'metro-sexual' male seems an oddity to many straight men,
our observation shows 'metro-sexuals' fall into three cate-
gories: gay men; effeminate men; and men who realise that
assuming traditional female behaviours is a great way to meet
lots of women.Graham's StoryGraham was a man who developed a skill that most men
would kill to have.
He would attend a social function and somehow quickly
'scope out' the available women, make his choice and, in
almost record-breaking time, would be seen heading towards
the exit with her, escorting her to his car and driving back to
his apartment. He would return to the function and repeat this
process, sometimes several times in the same evening. He
seemed to have a built-in radar for finding the available women
at the right time and getting them to go with him. No one
knew how he did it.
Research by animal courtship behaviour zoologists and
behavioural scientists reveals that male and female animals use
a series of intricate courtship gestures, some obvious and
others subtle, and that most of this is done subconsciously. In
the animal world, courtship behaviour in each species follows
specific and pre-determined patterns. For example, in several
species of bird, the male struts around the female giving a
vocal display, puffing up his feathers and performing many
intricate body movements to gain her attention, while the
female appears to display little or no interest. This ritual is
similar to that performed by humans when courtship begins.
Human flirtation involves sequences of gestures and expres-
sions not unlike the courtship dances of birds and other
animals, as seen on wildlife programmes.