For those who didn't, I offered a slightly modified version of George Bernard Shaw's well-known, "He who can, does. Their comment, "Sure, it's easy to read and understand, but it's not 'professional', people won't take it seriously." I cited Robert Heinlein's advice to writers, "Eschew obfuscation." A couple of them got it. A few reviewers were put off by my casual writing style and refusal to use 50-cent words. Her reply, "I don't agree with them, either!" What can I say? A person cannot please every human being. "Women should simply walk right up to men they find attractive." I asked if she read what female anthropologists had to say on that topic. One feminist strongly objected to the entire manuscript. As with everything you read, keep the parts that you can use to improve your life, and discard the rest. That fact underlies much of what I have written. That's what courtship is really all about. Why? So that each of us lives long enough to send our DNA into the future. However, we must understand that over the last 60 million years, during the rise of mammals, the natural world created us all, evolved us all and armed us all with behaviors, drives and hungers for a single purpose-survival. Our culture, Western Civilization, has come up with hundreds of things, literally, that men and women must do during courtship, when these things must be done, and how they must be done. However, most of that factual information is reserved for the Appendix. Archeological and anthropological evidence that we, the people who live at the dawn of the 21st Century, are essentially the same as the people who lived 15,000 years ago at the dawn of civilization is the foundation of this book. My firm conviction that people everywhere are fun-ĭamentally the same is behind everything I have written. If my final result is still to serious, I am sorry. They are familiar with my style of using personal success and failure stories to enlighten while entertaining. Finally, several reviewers, fans from previous books, protested that the overall tone is too serious. I assured them, as I assure you, that although I use younger people in many of the explanations and examples of courtship rituals, everything applies to people of all ages. A few 5Oish reviewers accused me of being an ageist. Please try to overlook such shortcomings. Guilty! A person cannot please all other human beings and I tried anyway. as well the grammatically incorrect but politically correct use of they or their when the subject is singular as in Everyone wants to have their cake and eat it too. Some English majors objected to awkward wording such as. Nolo Contendre! I'm a man, often explaining things from a man's viewpoint. Several female reviewers complained that it was slanted toward helping men. My approach to explaining courtship does not mean that assertive, 90s women must stand and wait. Should this offend you, please be assured that no offense is intended. Not Guilty! I simply take for granted that most of the time men must get things started. PREFACE Manuscript reviewers who were politically correct, gender-neutralists, protested that the book is written as though it is natural, as well as necessary, for the male to be the initial aggressor during courtship. Printed by Patterson Manufactured in the United States of America First Printing: June 1997 No part of this publication may be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or reproduced in any way, including but not limited to photocopy, magnetic, or other record, without the prior agreement and written permission of the copyright owner. Relationships Copyright© 1999, Syndec Ann White. Don SteeleĬataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title Steele, R, Don Body Language Secrets: A Guide During Courtship And Dating John White Doug Stephanīook and Photography by DYNAMITE Cover by A&M, Box 2926, Kona HI 967-45 Models: Joanna Bardot Lopez, Andrea Rodriguez Tom Horsley, R. Jay Thomas KPWR Gwen Faulconer KTOK Steve Russell KFAN Sebastian wccc Joe Bohannon WBBM Carolyn Fox WHJY Handy Miller KBEO SYNDICATED Over 200 including: John Gambling WOR Ken and Barkley KABC Susan Bray WWDB David Gold KLIF Charles Goyette KTAR Tom Leykis KFI Charlie Tuna KODJ Barry Young KFYI Larry Click won Danny Bonaduce WLUP Mike Pintek KDKA RADIO INTERVIEWS Don Steele reinforces key points from his books as he entertains and informs. TELEVISION SHOWS Don Steele battles daytime TV hosts and the buffoons in their audiences.
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