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The Importance and Impact of Flirting in Human Evolution
TLDR Flirting is a crucial aspect of human evolution, allowing individuals to assess reproductive compatibility before engaging in sexual activity. It involves various behaviors such as compliments, physical touch, and smiling, with women often using protean behavior for plausible deniability. However, flirting in the workplace can have negative consequences for women's careers.
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Flirting is considered a type of language that has been important for our survival as a species, as it involves sizing each other up to determine reproductive compatibility.
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Flirting is important for the evolution of the human race because it allows us to determine reproductive compatibility before having sex, preventing either extinction or overpopulation.
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Flirting involves complimenting, asking about interests, physical touch, leaning in close, and smiling, and women often use protean behavior as a form of flirting to maintain plausible deniability.
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Flirting is driven by desire and the fight or flight response, and women tend to extend their necks as a form of flirtatious behavior.
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Flirting involves physical gestures that are universal, such as puffing out the chest and extending the neck, but different cultures have their own interpretations of these gestures.
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Flirting in the workplace can have negative effects on women's careers, as those who did not flirt earned higher salaries and were promoted more frequently.
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If you can make a woman laugh, she'll be yours forever, but if you're not funny, then there's no advice for you except to be handsome.
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Society & Culture
