We have regularly pointed out that claims made by Body language aficionados are about as reliable as those made by Astrologers; and slightly less use than urban myths such as “men with big feet make good lovers” or “you should never trust left handed people and people whose eyebrows meet in the middle.”

However, browsing through the book Undercover Sex Signals by Leil Lowndes, we discover that women apparently have a secret signalling system to get men to talk to them. Then, as is usual with pseudo-scientific subjects, it’s revealed that nobody was ever aware of this arrangement (including the women) until the product you just bought was put together.

Here’s a very informative example from the book, which I found quite entertaining:

If you see a woman across the room looking at you and not smiling, you might not think she wants you to approach. But if you take careful note of her hands, you may see she is running a finger around her wineglass. It is not out of boredom. She might even be imagining that she is caressing you.

In this picture [of a girl holding a drink], Jade has chosen to caress her glass with her pointing finger, figuring that her middle finger or ring finger would be just too obvious.

Anyway, the book essentially lists gestures which Ms. Lowndes suggests that a woman will use to show that she is interested in a man. Naturally, all of these signals are so broad and vague that one might as well interpret anything except the woman screaming “Get away from me or I’ll call the Police” as a sign of interest.

Just for fun, here’s a list of some of the key points the author lists as body language signs of interest; and as an added bonus, we’ve reinterpreted the signals to tell you what they really mean.

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Posted by Jonathan in Art & Literature, humour

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