Body Language of Pouting Lips or Lip Parting
Cue: Pouting Lips.
Synonym(s): Lip Parting, Parting Lips, Bottom Lip Jut.
Description: a) When the lips form a pout or kiss and are pushed forward. Sometimes the cue is barely detectable where the lips only press together slightly. b) A facial gesture done by pressing the lips together and pushing them forward and crunching the eyebrows downward and inward as if in grief. A childlike facial expression where the bottom lip is pushed out.
In One Sentence: Pouting lips signals a negative though or the desire to kiss.
How To Use it: In dating, eyes to the lips of another coupled with lip pouting signals that one is ready to kiss. Women can use this gesture with good results at the end of a date to signal to their partner that they are ready for intimacy.
Pouting can also be used to manipulate the emotions of others. Children, like adults, can use the expression to show sadness. When viewed, others are likely to offer a caring response which can help you get what you want.
Context: a) Dating b) General.
Verbal Translation: a) “I really want to kiss someone, and I’m puckering in anticipation.” b) “I’m upset and it’s causing me grief forcing me to press my lips together.”
Variant: See Compressed Lips.
Cue In Action: a) She was aroused by Dave and found herself subconsciously pressing her lips together as if she was already kissing him – the anticipation was driving her mad. b) She was only 3 years old, but knew full well that if she pouted for long enough with sad eyes, Dad would do anything she wanted.
Meaning and/or Motivation: a) Lip puckering is a sexual cue, or desire to kiss, when in context.
b) Bottom lip jut is a negative thought indicator or that disagreement is present especially if accompanied by frowning, scrunched eyebrows, or other negative cues. This gesture is usually done by small children or by adults resorting to juvenile characteristics trying to secure affection, privilege, resource, or reward of some kind from another person. The lip jut is also called pouting and shows helplessness and lack of agency. This is the case when done by adults or children.
Cue Cluster: Lip puckering is usually associated with a) Other sexual cues of interest such as strong eye contact or eye to mouth, neck titled to the side and neck displays, lip licking and self touching or b) With hung or hunched shoulders, sad droopy eyes, scrunched up eyebrows, head down, verbal sighs and other helpless and dejected body language.
Body Language Category: Arousal, Courtship display, Indicators of sexual interest (IOsI), Leaked or involuntary body language, Masked emotions, Microexpressions, Intention movements.
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