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[[Image:Das werdenSie ja nachher schon sehen.jpg|thumb|A poster by [[Henri Gerbault]] depicting flirting between a man and a woman]]
'''Flirting''' or '''coquetry''' is a [[Social behavior|social]] and [[Human sexual activity|sexual behavior]] involving [[body language]], or spoken or written communication between humans. It is used to suggest interest in a deeper relationship with another person and for amusement.
A person might flirt with another by speaking or behaving in such a way that suggests their desire to increase [[intimacy]] in their current [[personal relationship|relationship]] with that person. The approach may include communicating a sense of playfulness, irony, or by using [[double entendre]]s.
[[File:Jealousy and Flirtation.jpg|thumb|A study in [[body language]]: [[Haynes King (painter)|Haynes King]]'s ''Jealousy and Flirtation'']]
[[File:Marilyn Monroe and Cary Grant in Monkey Business trailer 3.JPG|thumb|right|Laurel (played by [[Marilyn Monroe]]) flirting with Dr. Fulton (played by [[Cary Grant]]) in the film ''[[Monkey Business (1952 film)|Monkey Business]]'' (1952)]]
== Etymology ==
The origin of the word "[[wikt:flirt|flirt]]" is unknown. The first use of the word dates to 1580—with the intransitive "[[wikt:flit|flit]]" and the noun form—ca 1590—with the transitive "[[wikt:flick|flick]]".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flirting#h2 | title=flirt | publisher=Merriam-Webster Dictionary | accessdate=6 May 2023 | quote=The first known use of flirt was in 1580}}</ref>
Flirt has been attributed to the French ''[[wikt:conter_fleurette|conter fleurette]]'', meaning to woo. ''Fleurette'', meaning small flower, was used in the 16th century in some sonnets<ref>{{cite book|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5734760f/f340.image|title=La famine, ou Les Gabéonites, tragédie prise de la Bible et suivant celle de Saül, ensemble plusieurs autres oeuvres poëtiques de Jehan de La Taille de Bondaroy...|author1=La Taille, Jean de|author2=Arioste, L'|author3=La Taille, Jacques de|date=9 August 1573|via=[[Gallica]]}}</ref> and texts, and has since fallen out of use.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6274152x/f826.image|title=Les bigarrures et touches du seigneur des Accords . Avec les Apophtegmes du sieur Gaulard et les Escraignes dijonnoises. Dernière édition, reveue et de beaucoup augmentée|author1=Tabourot, Étienne|author2=Tabourot, Étienne|date=9 August 2018|via=Gallica}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k72423n/f73.image|title=Les muses incognues ou La seille aux bourriers plaine de désirs et imaginations d'amour : réimprimé textuellement et collationné sur l'exemplaire existant à la Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal à Paris ([Reprod. en fac-sim.]) / recueil de poésies satyriques de Béroalde de Verville, de Guy de Tours, de Gauchet, de Berthelot, de Motin, etc.|author1=Guy de Tours|author2=Berthelot|author3=Béroalde de Verville, François|author4=Gauchet, Claude|date=9 August 2018|via=Gallica}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65869952/f690.image|title=Les comédies facécieuses de Pierre de Larivey, champenois . A l'imitation des anciens Grecs, Latins, & modernes Italiens. A sçavoir, le Laquais, la Veuve, les Esprits, le Morfondu, les Escolliers|author=Larivey, Pierre de|date=9 August 2018|via=Gallica}}</ref> This expression is still used in French, often mockingly, although the English [[loanword]], "to flirt''",'' is in the common vernacular.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k486334v/f532.item|title=Mémoires de l'Académie royale du Gard|author=Académie de Nîmes|date=9 August 1876|via=Gallica}}{{verification needed|date=May 2023}}</ref>
== Historical context ==
During World War II, anthropologist [[Margaret Mead]] was working in Britain for the British [[Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Information]] and later for the U.S. [[United States Office of War Information|Office of War Information]],<ref name="uk">{{cite book
| last = Mead
| first = Margaret
| editor=William O. Beeman
| title = Studying Contemporary Western Society: Method and Theory
| publisher = Berghahn Books
| year = 2004
| location = New York
| pages = 145, 149
| isbn = 978-1-57181-816-4}}</ref><ref>
Mead's article, ''A Case History in Cross-National Communications'', was originally published in {{cite book
| last = Bryson
| first = Lyman
| title = The Communication of Ideas
| publisher = Institute for Religious and Social Studies, dist. by Harper and Brothers
| year = 1948
| location = New York
| oclc=1488507 }}</ref> delivering speeches and writing articles to help [[Americans|American]] soldiers better understand British civilians,<ref>
e.g. {{cite book
| last = Mead
| first = Margaret
| title = The American troops and the British community
| publisher = Hutchinson
| year = 1944
| location = London
| oclc=43965908 }}</ref> and vice versa.<ref>
e.g. {{cite magazine
| last = Mead
| first = Margaret
| title = What Is a Date?
| journal = Transatlantic
| volume = 10
| issue = June 1944
| date = June 1944
| oclc=9091671
}}</ref> Mead found a pattern of misunderstandings in the flirtations between American soldiers and British women regarding who was supposed to take which initiative. She wrote of the Americans, "The boy learns to make advances and rely upon the girl to repulse them whenever they are inappropriate to the state of feeling between the pair", as contrasted to the British, where "the girl is reared to depend upon a slight barrier of chilliness... which the boys learn to respect, and for the rest to rely upon the men to approach or advance, as warranted by the situation." When flirting with each other, British women could interpret an American soldier's gregariousness as something more intimate or serious than he had intended.<ref name="uk"/>
Communications theorist [[Paul Watzlawick]] researched courtship behaviors between English women and North American servicemen in late- to post-WWII, finding common misunderstandings of intent. The simple act of [[kissing]] during the 'wrong stage' of the courtship often led both parties to believe the other was being too forward, too soon.<ref>{{cite book | title=[[How Real Is Real?]] | publisher=Souvenir Press | author=Watzlawick, Paul | year=1983 | edition=1st illustrated reprint | location=London | pages=63–64 | isbn=978-0-285-62573-0 | quote=One interesting aspect was a comparison of courtship patterns. Both American soldiers and British girls accused one another of being sexually brash. Investigation of this curious double charge brought to light an interesting punctuation problem. In both cultures, courtship behavior from the first eye contact to the ultimate consummation went through approximately thirty steps, but the sequence of these steps was different. Kissing, for instance, comes relatively early in the North American pattern (occupying, let us say, step 5) and relatively late in the English pattern (at step 25, let us assume), where it is considered highly erotic behavior. So when the U.S., soldier somehow felt that the time was right for a harmless kiss, not only did the girl feel cheated out of twenty steps of what for her would have been proper behavior on his part, she also felt she had to make a quick decision: break off the relationship and run, or get ready for intercourse. If she chose the latter, the soldier was confronted with behavior that according to _his_ cultural rules could only be called shameless at this early state of the relationship.}}</ref>
== Purpose ==
[[File:SundayNewOrleansFlirt1880s.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|A woman flirts with a soldier by tickling him with a feather.]]
According to [[social anthropologist]] [[Kate Fox]], there are two main types of flirting: flirting for fun, and flirting with further intent.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fox |first1=Kate |title=SRIC Guide to Flirting |url=http://www.sirc.org/publik/flirt.html |publisher=Sirc.org |access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref>
In a 2014 review, sociologist [[David Henningsen]] identified six main motivations for flirting: sex, relational development, exploration, fun, self-esteem, and as a means to an end.<ref name="Flirting with meaning: an examinati">{{cite journal |last1=Henningsen |first1=David |title=Flirting with meaning: an examination of miscommunication in flirting interactions |journal=Sex Roles |date=2004 |volume=50 |issue=7–8|pages=481–489 |doi=10.1023/B:SERS.0000023068.49352.4b |s2cid=143077407 }}</ref> Henningsen found that many flirting interactions involve more than one of these motives. There also appear to be gender differences in flirting motivation.
=== Courtship ===
Many people flirt as a [[courtship]] initiation method.<ref name="auto">{{Cite journal|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3813356|title=Courtship Signaling and Adolescents: "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"?|author=Moore, Monica M.|year=1995|journal=The Journal of Sex Research|volume=32|issue=4|pages=319-328|via=JSTOR}}</ref> The person flirting will send out signals of sexual availability to another, and expects to see the interest returned in order to continue flirting. Flirting can involve non-verbal signs, such as an exchange of glances, hand-touching, and hair-touching; or verbal signs, such as chatting, giving flattering comments, and exchanging telephone numbers in order to initiate further contact.
Many studies have confirmed that sex is a motivation for flirting.<ref name="Motives to Remain Platonic, Equity">{{cite journal|last1=Messman|first1=Susan J|last2=Canary|first2=Daniel J|last3=Hause|first3=Kimberly|date=2000|title=Motives to Remain Platonic, Equity, and the Use of Maintenance Strategies in Opposite-Sex Friendships|journal=Journal of Social and Personal Relationships|volume=16|issue=67–94|pages=67–94|doi=10.1177/0265407500171004|s2cid=145745343}}</ref> A study by Messman and colleagues demonstrated that the more one was physically attracted to a person, the higher the chances one would flirt with them.<ref name="Motives to Remain Platonic, Equity"/>
=== Misinterpretation and consequences ===
Flirting is often performed subtly, and evidence shows that people are often mistaken in how they interpret flirting behaviors.<ref name="Motives to Remain Platonic, Equity"/> If the main purpose of flirting is to signal interest to another person, then one might expect that the signaling would be done clearly and explicitly. An explanation for the ambiguous nature of human flirting lies in the costs associated with courtship.<ref name="auto"/> Indeed, according to Gersick and colleagues, signaling interest can be costly as it can lead to the disturbance of the nature of a relationship.<ref name="covert_1" />
The costs associated with interest signaling may be magnified in humans compared to the animal world, as the existence of language means information can circulate much faster. For instance, in the case of eavesdropping, information overheard by an eavesdropper can be spread to large social networks, thereby magnifying the social costs.<ref name="covert_1">{{cite journal | first1=Andrew | last1=Gersick | title=Covert Sexual Signaling: Human Flirtation and Implications for other Social Species | date=2014 | last2=Kurzban | first2=Robert | journal=Evolutionary Psychology | volume=12 | issue=3 | pages=549–69 | doi=10.1177/147470491401200305 | doi-access=free | pmid=25299992| pmc=10480930 }}</ref>
=== Other motivations ===
People may engage in flirting to consolidate or maintain a romantic relationship with their partner. People may also flirt with the goal of 'exploring', for example to assess whether another person might be interested in reciprocating. Henningsen and Fox showed that flirting can sometimes be used just for fun, for example in the workplace.<ref name="Flirting with meaning: an examinati"/>
=== Gender differences in motivations ===
Certain types of flirting seem to vary by gender. Henningsen and colleagues' study demonstrated that flirting with sexual intent was found to be more prominent amongst men while flirting for relationship development purposes was more often employed by women.<ref name="Flirting with meaning: an examinati" /> Henningsen also found that women may engage in "practice flirting," that is, behavior to evaluate potential partners.<ref name="Flirting with meaning: an examinati" />
In [[evolutionary biology]], the [[parental investment]] theory states that females are more selective and males are more competitive, therefore predicting that flirting as courtship initiation will be more commonly used by males. The theory also predicts that females provide more resources to their offspring, which causes them to invest in a mate that can contribute to their offspring's survival.<ref>{{cite book| last1=Campbell| first1=Bernard| title= Sexual selection and the descent of man| date=1972| publisher=Aldine| pages=1871–1971}}</ref>
== Cultural variations ==
Flirting behavior varies between cultures due to different modes of social etiquette, such as [[proxemics|how closely people should stand]], how long to hold eye contact, how much touching is appropriate and so forth.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,419712,00.html | title=Scoring a German: Flirting with Fräuleins, Hunting for Herren | date=5 June 2006 | accessdate=6 May 2023 | newspaper=Spiegel International | quote=HE SAYS: ... German women, though, have become conditioned to a much more subtle style of coquetry. Interest is indicated by way of a studied, concentrated look on the part of the man -- a gaze which may, but often doesn't, include a smile. Rather than a stare, though, the look should be brief and fleeting -- and the man's job is done. In a German-on-German flirt, the power rests solidly with the Fräulein. [....] SHE SAYS: ... The bottom line, though, is that it is often up to the foreign woman to break the ice in a way the German man understands: heavy on the warm-yet-serious discussion and lighter on the flippant-friendly-sexy thing. Flirting in Germany is not nearly as fun, meaningless or flattering as it is elsewhere. But the sometimes awkward but also deliciously subtle dance between the genders here might just grow on you.}}</ref> Nonetheless, some behaviors may be universal. Ethologist [[Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt]] discovered that women from different continents (Africa and North America) behave similarly in some ways when flirting, such as nonchalantly breaking their gaze and smiling after first staring for a prolonged period of time.<ref>{{cite web | access-date=6 May 2023 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/m03aboutlastnight-20161118-gssbxl.html | title=About Last Night: Where do I draw the line with flirting? | date=29 Nov 2016 | author=Matthews, Maureen | language=en | quote=Q: I'm a guy who loves to flirt but it can get me into trouble. How do you judge the line between harmless flirting, seduction, sexual harassment, leading someone on, being inappropriate, and so on? It feels like a social minefield. A: It seems that some form of flirting is universal in social intercourse. | website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>
[[File:Eugen de Blaas The Flirtation.jpg|thumb|''The Flirtation'' by [[Eugene de Blaas]]. A study of body language: a man flirting]]
In "contact cultures," such as those in the Mediterranean or Latin America, closer proximity is common, compared with cultures such as those in Britain or Northern Europe. The variation in social norms may lead to different interpretations of what is considered to be flirting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sirc.org/publik/flirt.html| title=SIRC Guide to Flirting|publisher=Sirc.org|access-date= 2010-06-23}}</ref>
Japanese courtesans had another form of flirting, emphasizing non-verbal relationships by hiding the lips and showing the eyes, as depicted in much [[Shunga (art)|Shunga art]], the most popular print media at the time, until the late 19th century.
The fan was extensively used as a means of communication and therefore a way of flirting from the 16th century onwards in some European societies, especially [[England]] and [[Spain]]. A whole sign language was developed with the use of the fan, and [[etiquette]] books and magazines were published. [[Charles Francis Badini]] created the Original Fanology or Ladies' Conversation Fan, which was published by William Cock in [[London]] in 1797. The use of the fan was not limited to women, as men also carried fans and learned how to convey messages with them. For instance, placing the fan near the heart meant "I love you", while opening a fan wide meant "Wait for me".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avictorian.com/fanlanguage.html|publisher=Avictorian.com| title=Ladies and their Fans|access-date= 2010-06-23}}</ref>
In Spain, ladies used fans to communicate with suitors or prospective suitors without attracting the notice of their families or [[Chaperone (social)|chaperons]]. This use was highly popular during the 19th and early 20th centuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spainforvisitors.com/module-News-display-sid-236.htm|publisher=Spainforvisitors.com|title=The Language of the Fan|access-date=2010-06-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626234341/http://spainforvisitors.com/module-News-display-sid-236.htm|archive-date=2010-06-26|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In [[Japan]], flirting in the street or public places is known as ''[[nanpa]]''.
== See also ==
* [[Anti-Flirt Club]]
* [[Making out]]
* [[Public display of affection]]
* [[Wingman (social)]]
== References ==
{{Commons category|Flirting}}
{{wikiquote}}
{{Wikisource|The_Royal_Path_of_Life/Flirting|A nineteenth century perspective on flirting}}
{{reflist}}
{{Human sexuality and sexology}}
{{Human sexuality}}
[[Category:Sexual attraction]]
[[Category:Philosophy of love]]' |
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== Etymology ==
The origin of the word "[[wikt:flirt|flirt]]" is unknown. The first use of the word dates to 1580—with the intransitive "[[wikt:flit|flit]]" and the noun form—ca 1590—with the transitive "[[wikt:flick|flick]]".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flirting#h2 | title=flirt | publisher=Merriam-Webster Dictionary | accessdate=6 May 2023 | quote=The first known use of flirt was in 1580}}</ref>
Flirt has been attributed to the French ''[[wikt:conter_fleurette|conter fleurette]]'', meaning to woo. ''Fleurette'', meaning small flower, was used in the 16th century in some sonnets<ref>{{cite book|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5734760f/f340.image|title=La famine, ou Les Gabéonites, tragédie prise de la Bible et suivant celle de Saül, ensemble plusieurs autres oeuvres poëtiques de Jehan de La Taille de Bondaroy...|author1=La Taille, Jean de|author2=Arioste, L'|author3=La Taille, Jacques de|date=9 August 1573|via=[[Gallica]]}}</ref> and texts, and has since fallen out of use.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6274152x/f826.image|title=Les bigarrures et touches du seigneur des Accords . Avec les Apophtegmes du sieur Gaulard et les Escraignes dijonnoises. Dernière édition, reveue et de beaucoup augmentée|author1=Tabourot, Étienne|author2=Tabourot, Étienne|date=9 August 2018|via=Gallica}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k72423n/f73.image|title=Les muses incognues ou La seille aux bourriers plaine de désirs et imaginations d'amour : réimprimé textuellement et collationné sur l'exemplaire existant à la Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal à Paris ([Reprod. en fac-sim.]) / recueil de poésies satyriques de Béroalde de Verville, de Guy de Tours, de Gauchet, de Berthelot, de Motin, etc.|author1=Guy de Tours|author2=Berthelot|author3=Béroalde de Verville, François|author4=Gauchet, Claude|date=9 August 2018|via=Gallica}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65869952/f690.image|title=Les comédies facécieuses de Pierre de Larivey, champenois . A l'imitation des anciens Grecs, Latins, & modernes Italiens. A sçavoir, le Laquais, la Veuve, les Esprits, le Morfondu, les Escolliers|author=Larivey, Pierre de|date=9 August 2018|via=Gallica}}</ref> This expression is still used in French, often mockingly, although the English [[loanword]], "to flirt''",'' is in the common vernacular.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k486334v/f532.item|title=Mémoires de l'Académie royale du Gard|author=Académie de Nîmes|date=9 August 1876|via=Gallica}}{{verification needed|date=May 2023}}</ref>
== Historical context ==
During World War II, anthropologist [[Margaret Mead]] was working in Britain for the British [[Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Information]] and later for the U.S. [[United States Office of War Information|Office of War Information]],<ref name="uk">{{cite book
| last = Mead
| first = Margaret
| editor=William O. Beeman
| title = Studying Contemporary Western Society: Method and Theory
| publisher = Berghahn Books
| year = 2004
| location = New York
| pages = 145, 149
| isbn = 978-1-57181-816-4}}</ref><ref>
Mead's article, ''A Case History in Cross-National Communications'', was originally published in {{cite book
| last = Bryson
| first = Lyman
| title = The Communication of Ideas
| publisher = Institute for Religious and Social Studies, dist. by Harper and Brothers
| year = 1948
| location = New York
| oclc=1488507 }}</ref> delivering speeches and writing articles to help [[Americans|American]] soldiers better understand British civilians,<ref>
e.g. {{cite book
| last = Mead
| first = Margaret
| title = The American troops and the British community
| publisher = Hutchinson
| year = 1944
| location = London
| oclc=43965908 }}</ref> and vice versa.<ref>
e.g. {{cite magazine
| last = Mead
| first = Margaret
| title = What Is a Date?
| journal = Transatlantic
| volume = 10
| issue = June 1944
| date = June 1944
| oclc=9091671
}}</ref> Mead found a pattern of misunderstandings in the flirtations between American soldiers and British women regarding who was supposed to take which initiative. She wrote of the Americans, "The boy learns to make advances and rely upon the girl to repulse them whenever they are inappropriate to the state of feeling between the pair", as contrasted to the British, where "the girl is reared to depend upon a slight barrier of chilliness... which the boys learn to respect, and for the rest to rely upon the men to approach or advance, as warranted by the situation." When flirting with each other, British women could interpret an American soldier's gregariousness as something more intimate or serious than he had intended.<ref name="uk"/>
Communications theorist [[Paul Watzlawick]] researched courtship behaviors between English women and North American servicemen in late- to post-WWII, finding common misunderstandings of intent. The simple act of [[kissing]] during the 'wrong stage' of the courtship often led both parties to believe the other was being too forward, too soon.<ref>{{cite book | title=[[How Real Is Real?]] | publisher=Souvenir Press | author=Watzlawick, Paul | year=1983 | edition=1st illustrated reprint | location=London | pages=63–64 | isbn=978-0-285-62573-0 | quote=One interesting aspect was a comparison of courtship patterns. Both American soldiers and British girls accused one another of being sexually brash. Investigation of this curious double charge brought to light an interesting punctuation problem. In both cultures, courtship behavior from the first eye contact to the ultimate consummation went through approximately thirty steps, but the sequence of these steps was different. Kissing, for instance, comes relatively early in the North American pattern (occupying, let us say, step 5) and relatively late in the English pattern (at step 25, let us assume), where it is considered highly erotic behavior. So when the U.S., soldier somehow felt that the time was right for a harmless kiss, not only did the girl feel cheated out of twenty steps of what for her would have been proper behavior on his part, she also felt she had to make a quick decision: break off the relationship and run, or get ready for intercourse. If she chose the latter, the soldier was confronted with behavior that according to _his_ cultural rules could only be called shameless at this early state of the relationship.}}</ref>
== Purpose ==
[[File:SundayNewOrleansFlirt1880s.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|A woman flirts with a soldier by tickling him with a feather.]]
According to [[social anthropologist]] [[Kate Fox]], there are two main types of flirting: flirting for fun, and flirting with further intent.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fox |first1=Kate |title=SRIC Guide to Flirting |url=http://www.sirc.org/publik/flirt.html |publisher=Sirc.org |access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref>
In a 2014 review, sociologist [[David Henningsen]] identified six main motivations for flirting: sex, relational development, exploration, fun, self-esteem, and as a means to an end.<ref name="Flirting with meaning: an examinati">{{cite journal |last1=Henningsen |first1=David |title=Flirting with meaning: an examination of miscommunication in flirting interactions |journal=Sex Roles |date=2004 |volume=50 |issue=7–8|pages=481–489 |doi=10.1023/B:SERS.0000023068.49352.4b |s2cid=143077407 }}</ref> Henningsen found that many flirting interactions involve more than one of these motives. There also appear to be gender differences in flirting motivation.
=== Courtship ===
Many people flirt as a [[courtship]] initiation method.<ref name="auto">{{Cite journal|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3813356|title=Courtship Signaling and Adolescents: "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"?|author=Moore, Monica M.|year=1995|journal=The Journal of Sex Research|volume=32|issue=4|pages=319-328|via=JSTOR}}</ref> The person flirting will send out signals of sexual availability to another, and expects to see the interest returned in order to continue flirting. Flirting can involve non-verbal signs, such as an exchange of glances, hand-touching, and hair-touching; or verbal signs, such as chatting, giving flattering comments, and exchanging telephone numbers in order to initiate further contact.
Many studies have confirmed that sex is a motivation for flirting.<ref name="Motives to Remain Platonic, Equity">{{cite journal|last1=Messman|first1=Susan J|last2=Canary|first2=Daniel J|last3=Hause|first3=Kimberly|date=2000|title=Motives to Remain Platonic, Equity, and the Use of Maintenance Strategies in Opposite-Sex Friendships|journal=Journal of Social and Personal Relationships|volume=16|issue=67–94|pages=67–94|doi=10.1177/0265407500171004|s2cid=145745343}}</ref> A study by Messman and colleagues demonstrated that the more one was physically attracted to a person, the higher the chances one would flirt with them.<ref name="Motives to Remain Platonic, Equity"/>
=== Misinterpretation and consequences ===
Flirting is often performed subtly, and evidence shows that people are often mistaken in how they interpret flirting behaviors.<ref name="Motives to Remain Platonic, Equity"/> If the main purpose of flirting is to signal interest to another person, then one might expect that the signaling would be done clearly and explicitly. An explanation for the ambiguous nature of human flirting lies in the costs associated with courtship.<ref name="auto"/> Indeed, according to Gersick and colleagues, signaling interest can be costly as it can lead to the disturbance of the nature of a relationship.<ref name="covert_1" />
The costs associated with interest signaling may be magnified in humans compared to the animal world, as the existence of language means information can circulate much faster. For instance, in the case of eavesdropping, information overheard by an eavesdropper can be spread to large social networks, thereby magnifying the social costs.<ref name="covert_1">{{cite journal | first1=Andrew | last1=Gersick | title=Covert Sexual Signaling: Human Flirtation and Implications for other Social Species | date=2014 | last2=Kurzban | first2=Robert | journal=Evolutionary Psychology | volume=12 | issue=3 | pages=549–69 | doi=10.1177/147470491401200305 | doi-access=free | pmid=25299992| pmc=10480930 }}</ref>
=== Other motivations ===
People may engage in flirting to consolidate or maintain a romantic relationship with their partner. People may also flirt with the goal of 'exploring', for example to assess whether another person might be interested in reciprocating. Henningsen and Fox showed that flirting can sometimes be used just for fun, for example in the workplace.<ref name="Flirting with meaning: an examinati"/>
=== Gender differences in motivations ===
Certain types of flirting seem to vary by gender. Henningsen and colleagues' study demonstrated that flirting with sexual intent was found to be more prominent amongst men while flirting for relationship development purposes was more often employed by women.<ref name="Flirting with meaning: an examinati" /> Henningsen also found that women may engage in "practice flirting," that is, behavior to evaluate potential partners.<ref name="Flirting with meaning: an examinati" />
In [[evolutionary biology]], the [[parental investment]] theory states that females are more selective and males are more competitive, therefore predicting that flirting as courtship initiation will be more commonly used by males. The theory also predicts that females provide more resources to their offspring, which causes them to invest in a mate that can contribute to their offspring's survival.<ref>{{cite book| last1=Campbell| first1=Bernard| title= Sexual selection and the descent of man| date=1972| publisher=Aldine| pages=1871–1971}}</ref>
== Cultural variations ==
Flirting behavior varies between cultures due to different modes of social etiquette, such as [[proxemics|how closely people should stand]], how long to hold eye contact, how much touching is appropriate and so forth.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,419712,00.html | title=Scoring a German: Flirting with Fräuleins, Hunting for Herren | date=5 June 2006 | accessdate=6 May 2023 | newspaper=Spiegel International | quote=HE SAYS: ... German women, though, have become conditioned to a much more subtle style of coquetry. Interest is indicated by way of a studied, concentrated look on the part of the man -- a gaze which may, but often doesn't, include a smile. Rather than a stare, though, the look should be brief and fleeting -- and the man's job is done. In a German-on-German flirt, the power rests solidly with the Fräulein. [....] SHE SAYS: ... The bottom line, though, is that it is often up to the foreign woman to break the ice in a way the German man understands: heavy on the warm-yet-serious discussion and lighter on the flippant-friendly-sexy thing. Flirting in Germany is not nearly as fun, meaningless or flattering as it is elsewhere. But the sometimes awkward but also deliciously subtle dance between the genders here might just grow on you.}}</ref> Nonetheless, some behaviors may be universal. Ethologist [[Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt]] discovered that women from different continents (Africa and North America) behave similarly in some ways when flirting, such as nonchalantly breaking their gaze and smiling after first staring for a prolonged period of time.<ref>{{cite web | access-date=6 May 2023 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/m03aboutlastnight-20161118-gssbxl.html | title=About Last Night: Where do I draw the line with flirting? | date=29 Nov 2016 | author=Matthews, Maureen | language=en | quote=Q: I'm a guy who loves to flirt but it can get me into trouble. How do you judge the line between harmless flirting, seduction, sexual harassment, leading someone on, being inappropriate, and so on? It feels like a social minefield. A: It seems that some form of flirting is universal in social intercourse. | website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>
[[File:Eugen de Blaas The Flirtation.jpg|thumb|''The Flirtation'' by [[Eugene de Blaas]]. A study of body language: a man flirting]]
In "contact cultures," such as those in the Mediterranean or Latin America, closer proximity is common, compared with cultures such as those in Britain or Northern Europe. The variation in social norms may lead to different interpretations of what is considered to be flirting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sirc.org/publik/flirt.html| title=SIRC Guide to Flirting|publisher=Sirc.org|access-date= 2010-06-23}}</ref>
Japanese courtesans had another form of flirting, emphasizing non-verbal relationships by hiding the lips and showing the eyes, as depicted in much [[Shunga (art)|Shunga art]], the most popular print media at the time, until the late 19th century.
The fan was extensively used as a means of communication and therefore a way of flirting from the 16th century onwards in some European societies, especially [[England]] and [[Spain]]. A whole sign language was developed with the use of the fan, and [[etiquette]] books and magazines were published. [[Charles Francis Badini]] created the Original Fanology or Ladies' Conversation Fan, which was published by William Cock in [[London]] in 1797. The use of the fan was not limited to women, as men also carried fans and learned how to convey messages with them. For instance, placing the fan near the heart meant "I love you", while opening a fan wide meant "Wait for me".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avictorian.com/fanlanguage.html|publisher=Avictorian.com| title=Ladies and their Fans|access-date= 2010-06-23}}</ref>
In Spain, ladies used fans to communicate with suitors or prospective suitors without attracting the notice of their families or [[Chaperone (social)|chaperons]]. This use was highly popular during the 19th and early 20th centuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spainforvisitors.com/module-News-display-sid-236.htm|publisher=Spainforvisitors.com|title=The Language of the Fan|access-date=2010-06-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626234341/http://spainforvisitors.com/module-News-display-sid-236.htm|archive-date=2010-06-26|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In [[Japan]], flirting in the street or public places is known as ''[[nanpa]]''.
== See also ==
* [[Anti-Flirt Club]]
* [[Making out]]
* [[Public display of affection]]
* [[Wingman (social)]]
== References ==
{{Commons category|Flirting}}
{{wikiquote}}
{{Wikisource|The_Royal_Path_of_Life/Flirting|A nineteenth century perspective on flirting}}
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{{Human sexuality and sexology}}
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<p>The origin of the word "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flirt" class="extiw" title="wikt:flirt">flirt</a>" is unknown. The first use of the word dates to 1580—with the intransitive "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flit" class="extiw" title="wikt:flit">flit</a>" and the noun form—ca 1590—with the transitive "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flick" class="extiw" title="wikt:flick">flick</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Flirt has been attributed to the French <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/conter_fleurette" class="extiw" title="wikt:conter fleurette">conter fleurette</a></i>, meaning to woo. <i>Fleurette</i>, meaning small flower, was used in the 16th century in some sonnets<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and texts, and has since fallen out of use.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This expression is still used in French, often mockingly, although the English <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Loanword" title="Loanword">loanword</a>, "to flirt<i>",</i> is in the common vernacular.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>During World War II, anthropologist <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Margaret_Mead" title="Margaret Mead">Margaret Mead</a> was working in Britain for the British <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Information</a> and later for the U.S. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States_Office_of_War_Information" title="United States Office of War Information">Office of War Information</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-uk_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uk-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> delivering speeches and writing articles to help <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">American</a> soldiers better understand British civilians,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and vice versa.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mead found a pattern of misunderstandings in the flirtations between American soldiers and British women regarding who was supposed to take which initiative. She wrote of the Americans, "The boy learns to make advances and rely upon the girl to repulse them whenever they are inappropriate to the state of feeling between the pair", as contrasted to the British, where "the girl is reared to depend upon a slight barrier of chilliness... which the boys learn to respect, and for the rest to rely upon the men to approach or advance, as warranted by the situation." When flirting with each other, British women could interpret an American soldier's gregariousness as something more intimate or serious than he had intended.<sup id="cite_ref-uk_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uk-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Communications theorist <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Paul_Watzlawick" title="Paul Watzlawick">Paul Watzlawick</a> researched courtship behaviors between English women and North American servicemen in late- to post-WWII, finding common misunderstandings of intent. The simple act of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kissing" class="mw-redirect" title="Kissing">kissing</a> during the 'wrong stage' of the courtship often led both parties to believe the other was being too forward, too soon.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>According to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Social_anthropologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Social anthropologist">social anthropologist</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kate_Fox" title="Kate Fox">Kate Fox</a>, there are two main types of flirting: flirting for fun, and flirting with further intent.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In a 2014 review, sociologist <a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=David_Henningsen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Henningsen (page does not exist)">David Henningsen</a> identified six main motivations for flirting: sex, relational development, exploration, fun, self-esteem, and as a means to an end.<sup id="cite_ref-Flirting_with_meaning:_an_examinati_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flirting_with_meaning:_an_examinati-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Henningsen found that many flirting interactions involve more than one of these motives. There also appear to be gender differences in flirting motivation.
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<p>Many people flirt as a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Courtship" title="Courtship">courtship</a> initiation method.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The person flirting will send out signals of sexual availability to another, and expects to see the interest returned in order to continue flirting. Flirting can involve non-verbal signs, such as an exchange of glances, hand-touching, and hair-touching; or verbal signs, such as chatting, giving flattering comments, and exchanging telephone numbers in order to initiate further contact.
</p><p>Many studies have confirmed that sex is a motivation for flirting.<sup id="cite_ref-Motives_to_Remain_Platonic,_Equity_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Motives_to_Remain_Platonic,_Equity-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A study by Messman and colleagues demonstrated that the more one was physically attracted to a person, the higher the chances one would flirt with them.<sup id="cite_ref-Motives_to_Remain_Platonic,_Equity_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Motives_to_Remain_Platonic,_Equity-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>Flirting is often performed subtly, and evidence shows that people are often mistaken in how they interpret flirting behaviors.<sup id="cite_ref-Motives_to_Remain_Platonic,_Equity_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Motives_to_Remain_Platonic,_Equity-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If the main purpose of flirting is to signal interest to another person, then one might expect that the signaling would be done clearly and explicitly. An explanation for the ambiguous nature of human flirting lies in the costs associated with courtship.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indeed, according to Gersick and colleagues, signaling interest can be costly as it can lead to the disturbance of the nature of a relationship.<sup id="cite_ref-covert_1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-covert_1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The costs associated with interest signaling may be magnified in humans compared to the animal world, as the existence of language means information can circulate much faster. For instance, in the case of eavesdropping, information overheard by an eavesdropper can be spread to large social networks, thereby magnifying the social costs.<sup id="cite_ref-covert_1_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-covert_1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>People may engage in flirting to consolidate or maintain a romantic relationship with their partner. People may also flirt with the goal of 'exploring', for example to assess whether another person might be interested in reciprocating. Henningsen and Fox showed that flirting can sometimes be used just for fun, for example in the workplace.<sup id="cite_ref-Flirting_with_meaning:_an_examinati_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flirting_with_meaning:_an_examinati-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>Certain types of flirting seem to vary by gender. Henningsen and colleagues' study demonstrated that flirting with sexual intent was found to be more prominent amongst men while flirting for relationship development purposes was more often employed by women.<sup id="cite_ref-Flirting_with_meaning:_an_examinati_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flirting_with_meaning:_an_examinati-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Henningsen also found that women may engage in "practice flirting," that is, behavior to evaluate potential partners.<sup id="cite_ref-Flirting_with_meaning:_an_examinati_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flirting_with_meaning:_an_examinati-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Evolutionary_biology" title="Evolutionary biology">evolutionary biology</a>, the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Parental_investment" title="Parental investment">parental investment</a> theory states that females are more selective and males are more competitive, therefore predicting that flirting as courtship initiation will be more commonly used by males. The theory also predicts that females provide more resources to their offspring, which causes them to invest in a mate that can contribute to their offspring's survival.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>Flirting behavior varies between cultures due to different modes of social etiquette, such as <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Proxemics" title="Proxemics">how closely people should stand</a>, how long to hold eye contact, how much touching is appropriate and so forth.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nonetheless, some behaviors may be universal. Ethologist <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Iren%C3%A4us_Eibl-Eibesfeldt" title="Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt">Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt</a> discovered that women from different continents (Africa and North America) behave similarly in some ways when flirting, such as nonchalantly breaking their gaze and smiling after first staring for a prolonged period of time.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>In "contact cultures," such as those in the Mediterranean or Latin America, closer proximity is common, compared with cultures such as those in Britain or Northern Europe. The variation in social norms may lead to different interpretations of what is considered to be flirting.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Japanese courtesans had another form of flirting, emphasizing non-verbal relationships by hiding the lips and showing the eyes, as depicted in much <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shunga_(art)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shunga (art)">Shunga art</a>, the most popular print media at the time, until the late 19th century.
</p><p>The fan was extensively used as a means of communication and therefore a way of flirting from the 16th century onwards in some European societies, especially <a href="/enwiki/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>. A whole sign language was developed with the use of the fan, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Etiquette" title="Etiquette">etiquette</a> books and magazines were published. <a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Charles_Francis_Badini&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Francis Badini (page does not exist)">Charles Francis Badini</a> created the Original Fanology or Ladies' Conversation Fan, which was published by William Cock in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> in 1797. The use of the fan was not limited to women, as men also carried fans and learned how to convey messages with them. For instance, placing the fan near the heart meant "I love you", while opening a fan wide meant "Wait for me".<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In Spain, ladies used fans to communicate with suitors or prospective suitors without attracting the notice of their families or <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chaperone_(social)" title="Chaperone (social)">chaperons</a>. This use was highly popular during the 19th and early 20th centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
In <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, flirting in the street or public places is known as <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nanpa" title="Nanpa">nanpa</a></i>.
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Anti-Flirt_Club" title="Anti-Flirt Club">Anti-Flirt Club</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Making_out" title="Making out">Making out</a></li>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTabourot,_ÉtienneTabourot,_Étienne2018" class="citation book cs1">Tabourot, Étienne; Tabourot, Étienne (9 August 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6274152x/f826.image"><i>Les bigarrures et touches du seigneur des Accords . Avec les Apophtegmes du sieur Gaulard et les Escraignes dijonnoises. Dernière édition, reveue et de beaucoup augmentée</i></a> – via Gallica.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Les+bigarrures+et+touches+du+seigneur+des+Accords+.+Avec+les+Apophtegmes+du+sieur+Gaulard+et+les+Escraignes+dijonnoises.+Derni%C3%A8re+%C3%A9dition%2C+reveue+et+de+beaucoup+augment%C3%A9e&rft.date=2018-08-09&rft.au=Tabourot%2C+%C3%89tienne&rft.au=Tabourot%2C+%C3%89tienne&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fgallica.bnf.fr%2Fark%3A%2F12148%2Fbpt6k6274152x%2Ff826.image&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlirting" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGuy_de_ToursBerthelotBéroalde_de_Verville,_FrançoisGauchet,_Claude2018" class="citation book cs1">Guy de Tours; Berthelot; Béroalde de Verville, François; Gauchet, Claude (9 August 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k72423n/f73.image"><i>Les muses incognues ou La seille aux bourriers plaine de désirs et imaginations d'amour : réimprimé textuellement et collationné sur l'exemplaire existant à la Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal à Paris ([Reprod. en fac-sim.]) / recueil de poésies satyriques de Béroalde de Verville, de Guy de Tours, de Gauchet, de Berthelot, de Motin, etc</i></a> – via Gallica.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Les+muses+incognues+ou+La+seille+aux+bourriers+plaine+de+d%C3%A9sirs+et+imaginations+d%27amour+%3A+r%C3%A9imprim%C3%A9+textuellement+et+collationn%C3%A9+sur+l%27exemplaire+existant+%C3%A0+la+Biblioth%C3%A8que+de+l%27Arsenal+%C3%A0+Paris+%28%5BReprod.+en+fac-sim.%5D%29+%2F+recueil+de+po%C3%A9sies+satyriques+de+B%C3%A9roalde+de+Verville%2C+de+Guy+de+Tours%2C+de+Gauchet%2C+de+Berthelot%2C+de+Motin%2C+etc.&rft.date=2018-08-09&rft.au=Guy+de+Tours&rft.au=Berthelot&rft.au=B%C3%A9roalde+de+Verville%2C+Fran%C3%A7ois&rft.au=Gauchet%2C+Claude&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fgallica.bnf.fr%2Fark%3A%2F12148%2Fbpt6k72423n%2Ff73.image&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlirting" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLarivey,_Pierre_de2018" class="citation book cs1">Larivey, Pierre de (9 August 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65869952/f690.image"><i>Les comédies facécieuses de Pierre de Larivey, champenois . A l'imitation des anciens Grecs, Latins, & modernes Italiens. A sçavoir, le Laquais, la Veuve, les Esprits, le Morfondu, les Escolliers</i></a> – via Gallica.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Les+com%C3%A9dies+fac%C3%A9cieuses+de+Pierre+de+Larivey%2C+champenois+.+A+l%27imitation+des+anciens+Grecs%2C+Latins%2C+%26+modernes+Italiens.+A+s%C3%A7avoir%2C+le+Laquais%2C+la+Veuve%2C+les+Esprits%2C+le+Morfondu%2C+les+Escolliers&rft.date=2018-08-09&rft.au=Larivey%2C+Pierre+de&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fgallica.bnf.fr%2Fark%3A%2F12148%2Fbpt6k65869952%2Ff690.image&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlirting" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAcadémie_de_Nîmes1876" class="citation web cs1">Académie de Nîmes (9 August 1876). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k486334v/f532.item">"Mémoires de l'Académie royale du Gard"</a> – via Gallica.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=M%C3%A9moires+de+l%27Acad%C3%A9mie+royale+du+Gard&rft.date=1876-08-09&rft.au=Acad%C3%A9mie+de+N%C3%AEmes&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fgallica.bnf.fr%2Fark%3A%2F12148%2Fbpt6k486334v%2Ff532.item&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlirting" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag needs to be fact-checked with the cited source(s). (May 2023)">verification needed</span></a></i>]</sup></span>
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<li id="cite_note-uk-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-uk_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-uk_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMead2004" class="citation book cs1">Mead, Margaret (2004). William O. Beeman (ed.). <i>Studying Contemporary Western Society: Method and Theory</i>. New York: Berghahn Books. pp. 145, 149. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57181-816-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57181-816-4"><bdi>978-1-57181-816-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Studying+Contemporary+Western+Society%3A+Method+and+Theory&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=145%2C+149&rft.pub=Berghahn+Books&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-1-57181-816-4&rft.aulast=Mead&rft.aufirst=Margaret&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlirting" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">
Mead's article, <i>A Case History in Cross-National Communications</i>, was originally published in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBryson1948" class="citation book cs1">Bryson, Lyman (1948). <i>The Communication of Ideas</i>. New York: Institute for Religious and Social Studies, dist. by Harper and Brothers. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1488507">1488507</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Communication+of+Ideas&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Institute+for+Religious+and+Social+Studies%2C+dist.+by+Harper+and+Brothers&rft.date=1948&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1488507&rft.aulast=Bryson&rft.aufirst=Lyman&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlirting" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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e.g. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMead1944" class="citation book cs1">Mead, Margaret (1944). <i>The American troops and the British community</i>. London: Hutchinson. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/43965908">43965908</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+American+troops+and+the+British+community&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Hutchinson&rft.date=1944&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F43965908&rft.aulast=Mead&rft.aufirst=Margaret&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlirting" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">
e.g. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMead1944" class="citation magazine cs1">Mead, Margaret (June 1944). "What Is a Date?". <i>Transatlantic</i>. Vol. 10, no. June 1944. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/9091671">9091671</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Transatlantic&rft.atitle=What+Is+a+Date%3F&rft.volume=10&rft.issue=June+1944&rft.date=1944-06&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F9091671&rft.aulast=Mead&rft.aufirst=Margaret&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlirting" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWatzlawick,_Paul1983" class="citation book cs1">Watzlawick, Paul (1983). <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/How_Real_Is_Real%3F" title="How Real Is Real?">How Real Is Real?</a></i> (1st illustrated reprint ed.). London: Souvenir Press. pp. 63–64. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-285-62573-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-285-62573-0"><bdi>978-0-285-62573-0</bdi></a>. <q>One interesting aspect was a comparison of courtship patterns. Both American soldiers and British girls accused one another of being sexually brash. Investigation of this curious double charge brought to light an interesting punctuation problem. In both cultures, courtship behavior from the first eye contact to the ultimate consummation went through approximately thirty steps, but the sequence of these steps was different. Kissing, for instance, comes relatively early in the North American pattern (occupying, let us say, step 5) and relatively late in the English pattern (at step 25, let us assume), where it is considered highly erotic behavior. So when the U.S., soldier somehow felt that the time was right for a harmless kiss, not only did the girl feel cheated out of twenty steps of what for her would have been proper behavior on his part, she also felt she had to make a quick decision: break off the relationship and run, or get ready for intercourse. If she chose the latter, the soldier was confronted with behavior that according to _his_ cultural rules could only be called shameless at this early state of the relationship.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=How+Real+Is+Real%3F&rft.place=London&rft.pages=63-64&rft.edition=1st+illustrated+reprint&rft.pub=Souvenir+Press&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=978-0-285-62573-0&rft.au=Watzlawick%2C+Paul&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlirting" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFox" class="citation web cs1">Fox, Kate. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sirc.org/publik/flirt.html">"SRIC Guide to Flirting"</a>. Sirc.org<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-03-21</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=SRIC+Guide+to+Flirting&rft.pub=Sirc.org&rft.aulast=Fox&rft.aufirst=Kate&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sirc.org%2Fpublik%2Fflirt.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlirting" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-Flirting_with_meaning:_an_examinati-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Flirting_with_meaning:_an_examinati_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Flirting_with_meaning:_an_examinati_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Flirting_with_meaning:_an_examinati_13-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Flirting_with_meaning:_an_examinati_13-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHenningsen2004" class="citation journal cs1">Henningsen, David (2004). "Flirting with meaning: an examination of miscommunication in flirting interactions". <i>Sex Roles</i>. <b>50</b> (7–8): 481–489. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1023%2FB%3ASERS.0000023068.49352.4b">10.1023/B:SERS.0000023068.49352.4b</a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:143077407">143077407</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sex+Roles&rft.atitle=Flirting+with+meaning%3A+an+examination+of+miscommunication+in+flirting+interactions&rft.volume=50&rft.issue=7%E2%80%938&rft.pages=481-489&rft.date=2004&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1023%2FB%3ASERS.0000023068.49352.4b&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A143077407%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.aulast=Henningsen&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlirting" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-auto-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoore,_Monica_M.1995" class="citation journal cs1">Moore, Monica M. (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/3813356">"Courtship Signaling and Adolescents: "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"?"</a>. <i>The Journal of Sex Research</i>. <b>32</b> (4): 319–328 – via JSTOR.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Journal+of+Sex+Research&rft.atitle=Courtship+Signaling+and+Adolescents%3A+%22Girls+Just+Wanna+Have+Fun%22%3F&rft.volume=32&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=319-328&rft.date=1995&rft.au=Moore%2C+Monica+M.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F3813356&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlirting" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-Motives_to_Remain_Platonic,_Equity-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Motives_to_Remain_Platonic,_Equity_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Motives_to_Remain_Platonic,_Equity_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Motives_to_Remain_Platonic,_Equity_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMessmanCanaryHause2000" class="citation journal cs1">Messman, Susan J; Canary, Daniel J; Hause, Kimberly (2000). "Motives to Remain Platonic, Equity, and the Use of Maintenance Strategies in Opposite-Sex Friendships". <i>Journal of Social and Personal Relationships</i>. <b>16</b> (67–94): 67–94. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0265407500171004">10.1177/0265407500171004</a>. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:145745343">145745343</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Social+and+Personal+Relationships&rft.atitle=Motives+to+Remain+Platonic%2C+Equity%2C+and+the+Use+of+Maintenance+Strategies+in+Opposite-Sex+Friendships&rft.volume=16&rft.issue=67%E2%80%9394&rft.pages=67-94&rft.date=2000&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1177%2F0265407500171004&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A145745343%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.aulast=Messman&rft.aufirst=Susan+J&rft.au=Canary%2C+Daniel+J&rft.au=Hause%2C+Kimberly&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFlirting" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Men_who_have_sex_with_men" title="Men who have sex with men">Men who have sex with men</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_identity" title="Sexual identity">Sexual identity</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_orientation" title="Sexual orientation">Sexual orientation</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Women_who_have_sex_with_women" title="Women who have sex with women">Women who have sex with women</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sex_and_the_law" title="Sex and the law">Law</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Age_of_consent" title="Age of consent">Age of consent</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Criminal_transmission_of_HIV" title="Criminal transmission of HIV">Criminal transmission of HIV</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse" title="Child sexual abuse">Child sexual abuse</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Incest" title="Incest">Incest</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Indecent_exposure" title="Indecent exposure">Indecent exposure</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Obscenity" title="Obscenity">Obscenity</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_abuse" title="Sexual abuse">Sexual abuse</a>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cybersex_trafficking" title="Cybersex trafficking">Cybersex trafficking</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rape" title="Rape">Rape</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sex_trafficking" title="Sex trafficking">Sex trafficking</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_assault" title="Sexual assault">Sexual assault</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_harassment" title="Sexual harassment">Sexual harassment</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_misconduct" title="Sexual misconduct">Sexual misconduct</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_slavery" title="Sexual slavery">Sexual slavery</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_violence" title="Sexual violence">Sexual violence</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Revenge_pornography" class="mw-redirect" title="Revenge pornography">Revenge pornography</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/History_of_human_sexuality" title="History of human sexuality">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Blue_Movie" title="Blue Movie">Blue Movie</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Counterculture_of_the_1960s" title="Counterculture of the 1960s">Counterculture of the 1960s</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Feminist_sex_wars" title="Feminist sex wars">Feminist sex wars</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Porn" title="Golden Age of Porn">Golden Age of Porn</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/History_of_erotic_depictions" title="History of erotic depictions">History of erotic depictions</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_revolution" title="Sexual revolution">Sexual revolution</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Intimate_relationship" title="Intimate relationship">Relationships</a><br /> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Society" title="Society">society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Anarchism_and_issues_related_to_love_and_sex" title="Anarchism and issues related to love and sex">Anarchism and love/sex</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Extramarital_sex" title="Extramarital sex">Extramarital sex</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Family_planning" title="Family planning">Family planning</a></li>
<li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Flirting</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Free_love" title="Free love">Free love</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">Marriage</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Modesty" title="Modesty">Modesty</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Orgasm_gap" title="Orgasm gap">Orgasm gap</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Polyamory" title="Polyamory">Polyamory</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Premarital_sex" title="Premarital sex">Premarital sex</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Promiscuity" title="Promiscuity">Promiscuity</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Romance_(love)" title="Romance (love)">Romance</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sex-positive_movement" title="Sex-positive movement">Sex-positive movement</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_abstinence" title="Sexual abstinence">Sexual abstinence</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_addiction" title="Sexual addiction">Sexual addiction</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_attraction" title="Sexual attraction">Sexual attraction</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_capital" title="Sexual capital">Sexual capital</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_ethics" title="Sexual ethics">Sexual ethics</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_objectification" title="Sexual objectification">Sexual objectification</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_slang" title="Sexual slang">Sexual slang</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Split_attraction_model" title="Split attraction model">Split attraction model</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Category:Sexuality_by_country" title="Category:Sexuality by country">By country</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexuality_in_ancient_Rome" title="Sexuality in ancient Rome">Ancient Rome</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexuality_in_China" title="Sexuality in China">China</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexuality_in_India" title="Sexuality in India">India</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexuality_in_Japan" title="Sexuality in Japan">Japan</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexuality_in_the_Philippines" title="Sexuality in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexuality_in_South_Korea" title="Sexuality in South Korea">South Korea</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexuality_in_the_United_States" title="Sexuality in the United States">United States</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Human_sexual_activity" title="Human sexual activity">Sexual activities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Conventional_sex" title="Conventional sex">Conventional sex</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Anal_sex" title="Anal sex">Anal sex</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bareback_(sexual_act)" title="Bareback (sexual act)">Bareback</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/BDSM" title="BDSM">BDSM</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Child_sexuality" title="Child sexuality">Child sex</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Creampie_(sexual_act)" title="Creampie (sexual act)">Creampie</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Edging_(sexual_practice)" title="Edging (sexual practice)">Edging</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Erotic_sexual_denial" title="Erotic sexual denial">Erotic sexual denial</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Facial_(sexual_act)" title="Facial (sexual act)">Facial</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_fetishism" title="Sexual fetishism">Fetishism</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fisting" title="Fisting">Fisting</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Foot_fetishism" title="Foot fetishism">Foot fetishism</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Footjob" title="Footjob">Footjob</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Forced_orgasm" title="Forced orgasm">Forced orgasm</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Frot" title="Frot">Frot</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gang_bang" title="Gang bang">Gang bang</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Group_sex" title="Group sex">Group sex</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mammary_intercourse" title="Mammary intercourse">Mammary intercourse</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Non-penetrative_sex#Manual_sex" title="Non-penetrative sex">Manual sex</a>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fingering_(sexual_act)#Anus" title="Fingering (sexual act)">Anal fingering</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fingering_(sexual_act)" title="Fingering (sexual act)">Fingering</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Handjob" title="Handjob">Handjob</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Masturbation" title="Masturbation">Masturbation</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mechanics_of_human_sexuality" title="Mechanics of human sexuality">Mechanics of sex</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nipple_stimulation" title="Nipple stimulation">Nipple stimulation</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Non-penetrative_sex" title="Non-penetrative sex">Non-penetrative sex</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Oral_sex" title="Oral sex">Oral sex</a>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/69_(sex_position)" title="69 (sex position)">69</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Anilingus" title="Anilingus">Anilingus</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cunnilingus" title="Cunnilingus">Cunnilingus</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fellatio" title="Fellatio">Fellatio</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Irrumatio" title="Irrumatio">Irrumatio</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Paraphilia" title="Paraphilia">Paraphilia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pompoir" title="Pompoir">Pompoir</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Quickie_(sex)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quickie (sex)">Quickie</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexercise" title="Sexercise">Sexercise</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sex_in_space" title="Sex in space">Sex in space</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sex_position" title="Sex position">Sex positions</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_fantasy" title="Sexual fantasy">Sexual fantasy</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_fetishism" title="Sexual fetishism">Sexual fetishism</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_intercourse" title="Sexual intercourse">Sexual intercourse</a>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Foreplay" title="Foreplay">Foreplay</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_penetration" title="Sexual penetration">Sexual penetration</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sumata" class="mw-redirect" title="Sumata">Sumata</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Swinging_(sexual_practice)" title="Swinging (sexual practice)">Swinging</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tribadism" title="Tribadism">Tribadism</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Urethral_intercourse" title="Urethral intercourse">Urethral intercourse</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Urolagnia" title="Urolagnia">Urolagnia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Virtual_sex" title="Virtual sex">Virtual sex</a>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cybersex" title="Cybersex">Cybersex</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Erotic_talk" title="Erotic talk">Erotic talk</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wet_T-shirt_contest" title="Wet T-shirt contest">Wet T-shirt contest</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sex_industry" title="Sex industry">Sex industry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sex_and_nudity_in_video_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Sex and nudity in video games">Adult video games</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Erotica" title="Erotica">Erotica</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pornography" title="Pornography">Pornography</a>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pornographic_film_actor" title="Pornographic film actor">Film actor</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Prostitution" title="Prostitution">Prostitution</a>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sacred_prostitution" title="Sacred prostitution">Sacred</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Survival_sex" title="Survival sex">Survival sex</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Red-light_district" title="Red-light district">Red-light district</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_sex_museums" title="List of sex museums">Sex museum</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sex_shop" title="Sex shop">Sex shop</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sex_tourism" title="Sex tourism">Sex tourism</a>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Child_sex_tourism" title="Child sex tourism">Child</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Female_sex_tourism" title="Female sex tourism">Female</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sex_worker" title="Sex worker">Sex worker</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sex_toy" title="Sex toy">Sex toy</a>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sex_doll" title="Sex doll">Doll</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Strip_club" title="Strip club">Strip club</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Webcam_model" title="Webcam model">Webcam model</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Religion_and_sexuality" title="Religion and sexuality">Religion and<br />sexuality</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Buddhism_and_sexuality" title="Buddhism and sexuality">Buddhism</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hinduism_and_sexuality" class="mw-redirect" title="Hinduism and sexuality">Hinduism</a>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tantric_sex" title="Tantric sex">Tantric sex</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexuality_in_Christian_demonology" title="Sexuality in Christian demonology">Christian demonology</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Clerical_celibacy" title="Clerical celibacy">Clerical celibacy</a>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Buddhist_monasticism" title="Buddhist monasticism">Buddhist monasticism</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Clerical_celibacy_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Clerical celibacy in the Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Matha" title="Matha">Hindu monasticism</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jain_monasticism" title="Jain monasticism">Jain monasticism</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Taoist_sexual_practices" title="Taoist sexual practices">Daoism</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Islamic_sexual_jurisprudence" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic sexual jurisprudence">Islam</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Judaism_and_sexuality" title="Judaism and sexuality">Judaism</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Religion_and_LGBT_people" title="Religion and LGBT people">LGBT people</a>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/LGBT-affirming_religious_groups" title="LGBT-affirming religious groups">LGBT-affirming religious groups</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexuality_and_Mormonism" class="mw-redirect" title="Sexuality and Mormonism">Mormonism</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sacred_prostitution" title="Sacred prostitution">Sacred prostitution</a>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sacred_prostitution_in_ancient_Greece" title="Sacred prostitution in ancient Greece">Ancient Greece</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Thelema" title="Thelema">Thelema</a>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sex_magic" title="Sex magic">Sex magic</a></li></ul></li></ul>
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<li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Flirting</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Free_love" title="Free love">Free love</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Romance_(love)" title="Romance (love)">Romantic love</a>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Romantic_orientation" title="Romantic orientation">Romantic orientation</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Queer_heterosexuality" title="Queer heterosexuality">Queer heterosexuality</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sex_life" title="Sex life">Sex life</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_abstinence" title="Sexual abstinence">Sexual abstinence</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Swinging_(sexual_practice)" title="Swinging (sexual practice)">Swinging</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Sexual dynamics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hypergamy" title="Hypergamy">Hypergamy</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Physical_attractiveness" title="Physical attractiveness">Physical attractiveness</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_attraction" title="Sexual attraction">Sexual attraction</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_capital" title="Sexual capital">Sexual capital</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_ethics" title="Sexual ethics">Sexual ethics</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_frustration" title="Sexual frustration">Sexual frustration</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sociosexuality" title="Sociosexuality">Sociosexuality</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Human_female_sexuality" title="Human female sexuality">Human female sexuality</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Human_male_sexuality" title="Human male sexuality">Human male sexuality</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Right_to_sexuality" title="Right to sexuality">Right to sexuality</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexecology" title="Sexecology">Sexecology</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_addiction" title="Sexual addiction">Sexual addiction</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_and_reproductive_health_and_rights" title="Sexual and reproductive health and rights">Sexual and reproductive health and rights</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sex_Addicts_Anonymous" title="Sex Addicts Anonymous">Sex Addicts Anonymous</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_jealousy" title="Sexual jealousy">Sexual jealousy</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_norm" title="Sexual norm">Sexual norm</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sex-positive_feminism" title="Sex-positive feminism">Sex-positive feminism</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sex-positive_movement" title="Sex-positive movement">Sex-positive movement</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_revolution" title="Sexual revolution">Sexual revolution</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sexual_surrogate" class="mw-redirect" title="Sexual surrogate">Sexual surrogate</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Stanley_v._Georgia" title="Stanley v. Georgia">Stanley v. Georgia</a></li></ul>
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