The article Decoding Women’s Body Language deals with three main areas of concern- for men in particular. The article discusses flirtation and or attraction, lust, and feelings of disinterest. These areas of reading body language are probably the most engaging in terms of study and probably also the most …show more content…
Charles Darwin theorized this in his book: The Expressions of the Emotions in Man and Animals, possibly because nonverbal communication predates spoken language by thousands of years and moreover, most facial expressions are not cultural but are biological in origin. Therefore, the most common expressions: anger, happiness, disgust, sadness, and fear are universal to all humans and can be understood in almost any culture or context.
It should also be noted that for the past few decades there has been an erosion of cultural differences worldwide in body language and the meaning of certain gestures and it could be stated that we are all becoming more American. In The Definitive Book of Body Language Allan Pease stated:
“Due to the wide distribution of American television and movies, the younger generations of all cultures are developing a generic form of North American body language. Young children in every country that has television now wear baseball caps backwards and shout ‘Hasta la Vista baby,’ even if they don’t understand