Chapter 10: Body language and attraction

Making the most of what you’ve got

Before you delve into this chapter I have to make an apology: there is a lot about sex here and because it underlies so much, if not drives the body language of attraction, there is much repetition but from different perspectives.

What women like and need and what men like and need is addressed again and again because, let’s just say it and get it over with, most males are programmed to be promiscuous; most females are programmed (some would say sentenced) to be selective. Males seek primarily physical satisfaction; females desire social satisfaction. Women choose their men; men compete to be chosen. Males ...

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