We watched the documentary on The Science of Sex Appeal a few weeks ago and one of the topics that struck me as peculiar is women tend to flirt more during ovulation. The notion behind this is that this is the time when women are able to conceive therefore her natural instincts kick in and she is attracted to men she sees fit to procreate with. This also happens even if she is already married or in a committed relationship.
So the question of the day is do you flirt more when ovulating ladies?
And before you claim, whether single or married, that you never flirt, bear in mind that it's not just talk we're dealing with here. It's gestures, stance, eye movement. Notice how you lean forward to the person you're talking to and tip up your heels? Notice the quick little eyebrow raise you make, the sidelong glance coupled with the weak smile you give, the slightly sustained gaze you offer? If you're a woman, do you feel your head tilting to the side a bit, exposing either your soft, sensuous neck or, looking at it another way, your jugular? If you're a guy, are you keeping your body in an open, come-on-attack-me position, arms positioned to draw the eye to your impressive lower abdomen?Scientists call all these little acts "contact-readiness" cues, because they indicate, non-verbally, that you're prepared for physical engagement. Flirting "is a way of testing one's mate-value and the possibility of alternatives--actually trying to see if someone might be available as an alternative," says Arthur Aron, professor of psychology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. To evolutionary biologists, the advantages of this are clear: mates die, offspring die. Flirting is a little like taking out mating insurance.
With all that said do you think we are built for monogamy or is our reproductive purpose to bear as many offspring as we possibly can with whomever we see fit?
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