FEMALE ATTRACTION GESTURES

Anne Greene here:

In two weeks I'll share Male Attraction Gestures. But this week I'm concentrating on the female.

The Head Toss and Hair Flick:

This is usually the first display a woman uses when she meets a man she’s attracted to. The head is flicked back to toss the hair over the shoulder or away from the face. Even a woman with short hair will flick her hair.  

Pouting Mouth Slightly Open - Marilyn Monroe perfected this look. Lip gloss enhances it. 

Touching - A woman will touch her neck or throat when she’s attracted to a man.  

A Limp Wrist – This is attractive to men because it speaks of submission. 

Exposed Wrists – A woman will show her palms and expose her wrists when she’s attracted to a man. Men consider a woman’s wrists erotic. 

Sideways Glance – A sideways glance over a raised shoulder especially with lowered eyelids beguiles men. Also the sideways glance with the down-tilted head is a come-on gesture. 

Rolling Hips – When a woman walks away from a man and rolls her hips she’s using a centuries’ old courting gesture. 

Most men are afraid to touch a woman’s purse. But if a woman finds a man attractive, she will often caress the handle of her handbag. Placing her purse close to a man is a sign of acceptance. 

Studies show that women and men prefer mates that are pretty much as attractive as they are. Most people are skeptical about beautiful people. They prefer a partner of equal attractiveness to themselves.

These are all interesting facts. A writer is challenged to convert these facts to paper and use them on their characters. Good luck in your writing.

 

Some of these gestures are unconscious and some are probably deliberate. Which do you think are deliberate? Do you have any favorite gestures you use in your writing that you would like to share with us? 

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Some of Anne's interesting information was inspired by the book, BODY LANGUAGE, by Allan and Barbara Pease.

 

 

The Gift

THE GIFT
She lived in a quieter time, a more innocent time—no cell phones, no computers, and no television. It was a time when you talked with friends face-to-face, not by texting. She didn’t even have a telephone party-line like the folks in town enjoyed. She lived five miles east of town, walking distance.

There were few cars. People drove horse and buggy and wagons to the downtown square on Saturday nights to chat with one another. Young men rode prancing horses up and down the brick street to show off for the ladies, dressed in their best, smiling from their wagon seats. Styles were slow to change and the look of the prosperous 1920s was still the fashion.

She loved the small town she visited each Saturday after spending the week working hard on the farm. Before dawn she rose to milk cows by hand, then after a hearty breakfast she took her ten minute turn at the sink to cleanse the barn smell and dress for school. A long bus ride later and she ran up the steps to the school house where her mother taught her class.

Then home to milk cows, store the milk in the ice box, and make biscuits for
supper. The family ate together and discussed the day’s events, then sat together
in the evenings, listening to the radio.

She preferred working outdoors with the animals and bringing in the crops, but she did her part in canning, preserving, and pickling. When harvest time arrived, so did all her relatives—to help bring in the crops. As the oldest girl, she worked in the fields and joked with the men.

She was strong, pretty, took care of her younger siblings, and fell in love with her 5th grade teacher.She had a boyfriend, but in those days a girl could only show interest in one man. She chose her 5th grade teacher. He joined the Marines and she waited four years for him to return. They married.

When I was about eight years old, I read their love letters, and became an incurable romantic. She showed me the cameo pin he gave her. And I clomped around the house in her red, high-heeled shoes. We lived in the small farm town she loved. We had a television and a telephone with our own line. We ate together and worked together and I listened to the stories of her young adulthood. She passed her history onto me.

The gift she gave me was precious—a love of history, of times past when life was different. She passed her heritage on to me. She was my grandmother.

I hope you will love my Scottish historical romance, Masquerade Marriage. You can download an ebook or purchase a print copy at www.whiterosepublishing.com. If you like mysteries, you'll love A Texas Christmas Mystery.