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How Women Act Around Attractive Men (& What It Means) | Gentle Path Forward | YouTubeToText
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This content outlines observable nonverbal and behavioral cues that indicate a female's attraction to a male, drawing on psychological research to explain these signals.
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Hello everybody. I'm a practicing
therapist and a doctoral student of
psychology. Today we're going to go over
signs that you can see that females act
around an attractive male so that you
may recognize if this is happening with
you. You are probably attractive to that
particular female if that makes sense.
The research that is used is going to be
in the description box. But just a quick
disclaimer before we jump in. Some of
the research is a little bit older. I
still like it, but some people prefer
more newer and updated research. I have
mixed opinions about that. I think
sometimes some research that was done a
while ago has less bias because there's
a lot less um just never mind. We don't
need to get into that. But sometimes I
like research from all different types.
That's just my opinion. I could be
wrong. I could change my opinion, but
for now, as long as I I think the
research is good, I don't care. Um but I
do understand some people like more
updated. Anyways, the first one is that
a female will display nonverbal
courtship behaviors. Uh I guess people
might call it like flirting signals to
some extent in situations where they are
likely to encounter somebody that they
find attractive. So typically you're
going to see this when they're in front
of a male that they find attractive. And
what are these more nonverbal behaviors?
Okay, this includes smiling. It includes
laughing. I actually have seen this and
this was actually in the research as
well. Adjusting clothing or posture. So
readjusting themsel continuously. We can
kind of see this from two directions.
Okay, this can be a perception of maybe
they are nervous. But another way that
they could be actually doing this is the
perception that they might want to
adjust their clothing like just for
example like moving things around to
make it look nicer or more sitting
properly on them to some extent, right?
And it's all it's just more that they
are more self-aware of their posture and
their perspective because they want to
look a little bit more presentable
around this particular male that they
find attractive. Does that make sense?
And so that's why I mention it more in a
non-verbal courtship type of behavior
because this is somewhere subconsciously
or even consciously that they are doing
this to attract somebody or give notion
or recognition that they feel attracted
to this person to which they are hoping
subconsciously this particular person
will make some sort of move on them.
Right? Another common one we see is um
hair flipping or hair touching. I don't
know if you guys have seen that. I've
seen it and some of the research
actually shows that as well. So that's
really interesting. As I mentioned, this
research is a little bit older, but it's
in the description box and I like it.
Um, this one is the next one is from
that same research is we actually see
that females give males a specific gaze
eye contact when they are signaling
interest. So I'm going to explain what
this specific gaze kind of looks like
cuz I thought it was really interesting.
Now, this uh pattern was observed in
more natural settings such as bars or
cafeterias. And so remember that context
because that's based on what we've seen
in the research. This might not be the
case if they're in a ne I don't know a
less natural setting or maybe in a
different setting. Okay? So this was
that type of setting. The specific gazes
that were looking at gaze behaviors is
brief glances followed by a repeated
look. So it's like they continuously
briefly glance and then eventually
it creates a more longer gaze which
indicates attraction. Does that make
sense? So it could be like a brief
glance followed by repeated looking and
then again followed by a longer glance
to which it's held that way. Does that
make sense? I thought that pattern was
actually really interesting. I didn't
know that there was a pattern until I
looked at this. This not might not be
the case with every situation, but
that's what this research found. very
very cool. I thought the next one is um
body movements that are typically
subconsciously meant to increase
physical visibility is the best way to
put it. And I'm going to give you
examples about that in a little bit. But
I'm going to mention why this occurs um
subconsciously from a psychological
perspective. Obviously, I think we can
also assume the biological perspective,
but I don't study biology, so I'm not
going to talk too much on it. But when
we look at it from wanting to be more
physically visible to a male they find
attractive, we can see that part of it
is because sometimes it's because you
want to remove competition. You want to
be more prominent to that particular
person. But also what happens is it's a
form of signaling this other person that
they are in fact attractive. so that the
male doesn't have so the male can get
the signal. Okay, this is my chance to
go ahead and pursue this particular
person. That's kind of what it comes
from from a psychological perspective,
but that also leans very biological.
Okay? And so what are these specific
examples? Leaning forward, right? So if
you're in a position where you both are
talking or sitting across from one
another, you can see that she is leaning
more forward. That is common. Male and
females do that, but we're just making
this about how females act around
attractive males. we are seeing uh the
tilting of the head maybe to try and
understand or indicate
that she's listening to what you're
saying or showing interest. Okay.
Self-grooming we talked about a little
bit prior, right? Self-grooming can be
adjusting of the clothing, touching of
hair, but I've also seen sometimes where
it's picking certain aspects. So if it's
like I'm wearing mascara right now and I
don't want to pick it off but like
picking or adjusting that can kind of be
some sort of self grooming. And then
also we see a open body orientation. So
shoulders back open leaning forward that
type of orientation very
um indicative of an individual a female
feeling attracted to a particular male
and wanting more connection with him if
that makes sense. Okay. Um, the next
one, this research was done in 2016.
Physical touch is a very strong
indicator of interest, right? So, if a
lady is attracted to a man, she may
lightly touch his arm, right? Maybe his
shoulder, maybe brush his hand during
conversations if they're walking side by
side, if that makes sense. Um, and a lot
of this is not on purpose necessarily,
but sometimes you might even see it as a
form of flirting to which she is like, I
don't know, tapping or like flirting
towards him in a way where she's tapping
on him a couple times or she's touching
his shoulder to actually show him I'm
interested on purpose like directly. But
of course, a lot of times this is
happening subconsciously. Maybe she's
laughing at a joke that he said and so
she briefly touches him or something
along that. So that's kind of some of
the ways that you can see physical touch
as a strong indicator. However, we were
just talking about laughing and so I
feel like it's really important to bring
that up as well. This research again is
a little older, 1990. Um, we see that
ladies actually laugh and smile more
around attractive men, especially in
response to a social interaction that
the male introduced or initiated. So
it's evidence that she's saying, "Okay,
your initiation has in fact piqu my
interest." So, a really common one is if
he made a joke, she might laugh or she
may smile or ask any sort of follow-up
questions or show more interest if he's
talking about something because she's
trying to signal that this is something
that she finds very attractive. Now,
from an evolutionary standpoint, I'm not
going to touch on that too much. I'm not
studying biology. It signals some sort
of mating functions, right? However, in
a psychological perspective, we're
seeing social signaling as encouraging
the male to in fact continue on these
behaviors, right? Because she's giving
that positive reinforcement to which
that encourages him to be more attentive
to what she feels and what he feels in
this social context to build a bond, if
that makes sense. Okay. Um, this next
one is group settings. And I thought
this was really interesting. I I didn't
really ever think about it, but this
really cleared it up. This one, the
research was done in 2021,
so this is a little bit newer. In group
settings particularly, we see that
ladies actually compete for attention of
attractive men by actually increasing
their own flirtation. So, they're doing
it in response to another
lady rather than another man or a man in
general, if that makes sense. So, she
may position herself more closer to that
attractive male. She may intensify those
visual cues and touches when she feels
that there is in fact what some people
may call a female rival. Right? And so
you can see that these are how some
women behave around attractive men. Not
always the case. And of course there are
plenty of more research about this. I
just wanted to make a quick video. I
hope this video was helpful to somebody.
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