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Actually, they may just have an XY chromosome. I don't know if you've seen the info and studies on male/female brain differences, but it has been demonstrated with pet scans that women are wired much better than men when it comes to interpreting facial expressions.Originally posted by Evo
...when I used to go out and I saw someone I was attracted to, I let them know by looking directly at them and smiling, then I would turn my head away for a moment, then look back at them, and if they are still looking, I give them another smile. If they can't pick up that hint, they're dead.
The corpus callosum, the network of connections between the two hemispheres of the brain, is an average of 20% larger in women than men.
They did P.E.T. scans on women and men while giving them the task of interpreting the facial expressions of people. Women were able to correctly interpret them faster than men using much less brain area than men. It took the men longer, and they had to press a great deal more of their brains into service to get it done. The difference in the P.E.T. scans was obvious: the mens' had much larger bright areas than the womens' indicating that they were metabolizing much more glucose in the process.
So, I hope the women will be patient and realize that what seems an obvious signal to you, may yet be a source of confusion for any guy. We don't have the natural ability to see and comprehend expressions that you do.
For a man to be able to do this as well as a woman would require that he train and practise. First, though, he would have to realize that such a gap in "signal strength" exists.
Smiles aren't necessarily clear. Is it a polite smile? A hollow social smile? Does she smile at every guy that way? Etc.