The Ultimate Body Language Book

Touching or stroking the body helps relieve stress by releasing the hormone oxytocin.
Small children, especially boys will sometimes grab at their genitals when stressed. Being unacceptable
for adults, it can be replaced with a tight leg cross where the genitals are squeezed. Women have been
known to do the same thing, even bouncing a leg up and down and squeeze their upper thighs tightly
together which can even result in orgasm. Not every leg bounce with tight leg crossing produces
orgasm though, yet this form of soothing still produces comfort, and quite likely a dose of oxytocin to
boot! Women may also lightly brush the lower parts of their breasts as they crossing their arms, which