Observations by Desertphile
Many women and men falsely believe they are not attractive and desirable to the opposite sex (add to the list: same sex, various farm animals, fruits and vegetables, or whatever else trips your trigger). There are women who like bald men; there are women who like "body builders" (though I personally think male "body builders" would repulse every single woman on the planet). There are men, such as myself, who find women who do not use makeup to be far more appealing than those that do, and there are men who appreciate women who use makeup.

If you are a woman who believes your breasts are "too small," well, *WRONG!* (Breasts are for infants, not grown men.) The same is true for the size of one's nose, feet, penis, ears, and assorted fleshy body parts: there is no way one can know what another person finds attractive or unattractive until one asks.

Being rejected hurts. GET OVER IT ALREADY! There are around 310,000,000 people on the north of North America (United States and Canada). That means there will be around 155,000,000 females and 155,000,000 males (though there are more females than males by actual count). If one is heterosexual, one may rule out the homosexuals (around 14% of the population, aka 21,000,000) of each, leaving 129,000,000 possible lovers, mates, and companions.
Apes engage in grooming behavior as a tool for social cohesion and for sexual favors. The extant (existing) apes on Earth at the moment are gorillas, chimpanzees, humans, and orangutans. Humans have adapted their grooming habits so much so that we no longer pick fleas off each other---- we talk instead! If you find someone you are interested in, walk up to him or her and start talking; I consider it a complement when a woman takes the time to stop and talk with me.
Now here's an idea---- walk up and talk to him instead!
Maybe she does; maybe she does not. If she does not, what have you got to lose by walking over and asking? The default is "No, she does not." (Billions of women don't like you; do not take it personal--- they have never met you!)
It means: SMILE BACK!!!!

Sheeeish! See how simple this can be?

There is a "double standard" that exists that allows women to make comments or perform lewd acts that men may not. Having a woman show up naked in a man's appartment might only result in embarassment all around; having a man show up in a woman's apartment naked will probably result in arrest and jail time, with a restraining order issued to keep the incident from recurring.

This means women may be far more direct than men when it comes to flirting or giving "come-ons." (I'm not objecting: I like it this way.)

In general, the man is "better off" instigating flirtations and showing interest; if a woman is interested, she will usually reciprocate. There may eventually come a point where the companionship turns sexual--- at this point, it is "better" for the woman to take the lead by "setting the pace." Evolution (neo-Darwinism) imposes a greater cost on the female during her sexually active years than on the male, so it should be the woman who dictates (or in my opinion SHOULD dictate) sexual behavior.
Naturally, if someone has given you the green light plus set off a few signal flares and bright yellow flags, you will have a far easier time in knowing where you stand.

A woman or man who can state her or his desires directly, WHEN APPROPREATE, can be a Goddess-send!

While there may be fifty ways to leave one's lover, there must be fifty thousand ways to meet one's lover. One summer at a Pagan festival I was standing at my camp stove when a woman I did not know (but whom I had been eyeing amourously) walked up, picked up a large spoon, and asked me if I would spank her with it. Out of the 50,000 ways to meet one's lover, I think that one should be listed at the top. And if it had not worked, there were still 49,999 other ways.
I actually heard a woman say this to a drummer a D'Fest. What a great way to be flirtatious! It lets a man know he is appreciated and that a woman is interested, and yet allows a polite and friendly means of declining if the drummer is not interested--- he need only accept the statement for the fun of the moment and not follow-through: most women will get the hint and turn their attentions elsewhere.... and no one's feelings are badly hurt.
Most human jackasses are male. I believe this to be a self-evident fact. If you ask 1000 women, 999 will agree. Some jackass behavior:

Talking to a woman's breats instead of to her eyes.

Brushing up against a woman "accidently."

Touching strange women on a pretext. [PRETEXT: 1. An ostensible or professed purpose; an excuse. 2. An effort or a strategy intended to conceal something]

Believing that lesbians "only need a good fuck by a man."

Believing lesbians want to have sex with him. (This is just not jackass behavior: it's pathetic. Howard Stern is an excellent example.)

Exposing oneself to strangers, or to acquaintances at inappropreate times.

That should give one a rough idea of what I mean by "jackass." Women as Pagan and Wiccan festivals are extremely good at picking out the assholes in a crowd.

My observation is that jackasses are a minority subspecies of the human male: most are not jackasses. No, really.