Ed Dodson responding...

William Dickens wrote:

> I also think there are sex differences on this one. I suspect more women than men 
>enjoy flirting and that more men than women view it as purely instrumental. I'm 
>certainly willing to buy evolutionary explanations for that. -- Bill Dickens
>

Ed Dodson here:
An interesting discussion, on a subject over which years of experience confirm my own 
incompetence. I do wonder how great the gender differences are (i.e., what is a "norm" 
where gender and flirtation is concerned?). Many people are rather shy and flirtation 
is uncomfortable. It seems to me that commitment to a monogomous relationship greatly 
restricts the way we interact with others to whom we are sexually attracted. Absent 
such a commitment flirtation opens the door to exploration of whether there is a 
mutual attraction
and what that attraction might lead to.

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