From my eensy bit of research--and I'm strictly an onlooker, not a participant--women seem to be blessed with a much larger arsenal of potential flirting techniques than men.
And, it looks like a lot of the men who study flirting end up failing, and just looking pathetic.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... harassment
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...Mike and Raj (not their real names) circle the bar, scanning for women, drinks held at an awkward right angle to their chests. When they identify a target, they approach. The women stiffen, their smiles tightening. They swirl drinks with straws and chit-chat politely before mentioning boyfriends – real or imagined. The men retreat, regroup, identify fresh women. Advance, engage, retreat. On and on it goes.
I’m standing with the man coordinating this operation, the British pickup artist Johnny Cassell, as he watches as Mike and Raj – his students – run drills. Tonight is the culmination of Cassell’s intensive, day-long “Impactful Connection” workshop. For £700, Cassell promises to help men “master the art of attracting the women you truly want”. But watching as Mike and Raj hit on women indiscriminately, it looks as if any women will do...
From what I can tell, the standard operating procedure is that the man will arrange and invite the woman to a first date. This appears to be the convention, whether from male or female standpoints.
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