The Ultimate Body Language Book

under the eyebrows in a “come hither” fashion. It has roots in the full bow done as a greeting gesture
since it exposes the top of the head making it vulnerable to attack. Just like neck and wrist displays, it
indicates that trust is present within courtship. It also comes off as a childlike gesture primarily because
children are shorter than adults and habitually peer up at them. As we age, we recall these gestures and
go back to them when wish to revive juvenile submissive feelings. The opposite to the forehead bow
happens by tilting the head back and looking down one’s nose at someone, which is a judgment posture
and is seen negatively.
Smiling frequently can sometimes be sexual, but accompanying signals must be cataloged to create
certainty. Women will smile for a great variety of reasons and will smile regularly to appease men for
no other reason besides habit. Smiling is a natural part of being a woman and while smiling alone is
submissive, it doesn’t necessarily indicate sexual interest. Accompanying signals must adjoin smiling
for it to be a true sexual signal. If smiling is done over a shoulder, with pouting lips and partly closed
eyes, as in the sideways glance, it should be taken as a sexual cue, but absent, should be construed only
as a regular appeasement gesture and nothing more.