This Explains Why Men Always Think Women Are Flirting
Many straight men, as many a straight lady can tell you, have an annoying habit of mistaking basic manners — a smile, a laugh, even a simple polite reply — for flirtation. Recently, a team of Norwegian psychologists decided to investigate this romantic mystery, and they concluded that this sexual misperception — as they term the phenomenon — may be at least partially explained by evolution.
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