Ways to suss out a man before you get to know him too well. We can absorb as many as 10,000 nonverbal signals in less than a minute, says body language expert Patti Wood, and can form impressions in as little as one-fortieth of a second with an accuracy rate of up to 80 percent. The first impression your senses catch onto can tell you much about your chemistry, his personality and whether a man's looking for a fling or a relationship. Experts in field from speed dating to psychic readings tell us to trust the natural signals we receive from flirting.
The author lampoons less-than-stellar—but highly entertaining—sex advice.
Ever wonder what happens when readers follow an advice columnist's sex tips to a T? In this piece read tongue in cheek letters to the fictional "American Vixen" magazine and see how the (imaginary) readers handled advice on how to deal with a poor body image ("On Friday, my man was caressing my torso and began to unbutton my jeans. I turned the lights to full blast so he could feast his eyes on my womanly bounty. 'Touch me where the love handles spill out over my waistband,' I said in a breathy whisper."), new sex positions ("As instructed, I was riding my hombre in the reverse cowgirl position, pinching his left big toe with my right hand and reaching around with my left hand to stimulate his sensitive perineal area while yodeling at the top of my lungs in order to optimize my breathing."), and role-playing (when I saw your article on role-playing for long-term couples, I thought it might be worth a try. I decided a realistic portrayal would be all the more erotic; why play an inauthentic French maid when I could observe my next-door neighbor, M., a genuine French female, up close?).
