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ays . T he se du ctio n ess ay was c om po se d of
d e sc rip tio ns of ho w pa rtic ipa nts would in flu en ce a fic tit io u s da te to ha ve se x. T he re je ction
e ss ay in vo lv ed de scrip tio ns of h ow pa rtic ipa nts would a vo id ha ving se x wi th a date . P erp e r
a n d W eiss th en did a con te n t an aly sis of t he se e ssays to id en tif y c om m on th e m es.
F ro m the sed uction e ssays , the au tho rs c ode d wom en's
pro ce p tiv e str a te g ies .
In 19 76 ,
B each defin ed p ro cep tiv it y as beha vio rs tha t fe m ale s of a sp ecie s use to encou ra ge the male
t o eng ag e in se xu a l re la tio n s. P erp er exp and ed th e de fin it io n of pro ce p tiv it y in hu man fe m ale s
t o in clu de the ve rba l, no nve rb al an d sit u ation al con tr o l str a te gie s th a t a fe m ale use s durin g th e
t e m pora lly org a niz e d , co u rts h ip in te ra ction to ca u se e scala tio n of t he re la tio n sh ip (P erp er &
W eis , 19 87 ). T he th re e most co mm on pro ce ptiv e str a teg ie s were ta lk in g (s e xy ta lk , gen era l
c o n ve rs a tion , g iv ing co m plim en ts , a sk ing ), sit u a tio na l sig na ling (d re ss , alc o ho l, con du civ e
e n vir on men t, music or dan ce ), and to uch ing (e ye co n ta ct, move clo se r, tou ch , cu dd le , kis s).
W om en d esc rib e in de ta il th e pro ce p tiv e p re lim in arie s an d sto p by s ayin g th at t he man sh ou ld
t a ke o ve r fr o m the re . M en on the o th e r hand fo cu se d on ho w to aro use th e wom an se xua lly
a n d most (a ro un d 90% ) w ere ve ry v agu e abou t p ro ce p tiv it y durin g th e priv a te pha se of
c o u rts h ip . F ro m th e se se d uctio n ess ays , P erp er co n clu de s th a t t he fe m ale s s ig n al p ro ce ptiv it y ,
b u t m ale s in it ia te fo re p la y. It is im po rta n t to no te th at t he fe m ale ass um es an activ e ro le du ring
t he bo th pub lic and priv a te pha se s of cou