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<\/a>Cue<\/strong>: Slow Stroking Of Upper Thigh.<\/p>\nSynonym(s)<\/strong>: Rubbing The Hands Slowly On Upper Thigh, Upper Thigh Stroke, Thigh Stroking, Rubbing Thighs, Massaging Thighs Slowly.<\/p>\n Description<\/strong>: The hands are slowly rubbed up and down across the top of the thighs.<\/p>\n In One Sentence<\/strong>: Rubbing the upper thigh usually signals a desire to be touched in this way or that one is rubbing the sweat from the palms.<\/p>\n How To Use it<\/strong>: Women can use this gesture to signal to men that they wish to escalate sexual intimacy. Stroking the upper thing in a skirt while making eye contact with a man, will tell him that you are aroused and wish for him to make the next move.<\/p>\n Context<\/strong>: Dating.<\/p>\n Verbal Translation<\/strong>: \u201cI\u2019m sexually aroused causing me to act out some of the touching I would like to experience by the hands of another.\u201d<\/p>\n Variant<\/strong>: Women often replicate the types of touching they would like to receive. The clich\u00e9 act is quite common in adult films when no male actor is present or when she tries to seduce one, or the camera. She seductively touches and strokes her own body in effort to arouse the viewer. Men are programmed to find this alluring. As they touch, women are readying the body to be touched and at the same time providing an outlet that reduces their desire to act outwardly and instead illicit male pursuit instead. Self-touching releases positive hormones in the body that produce a calming effect. See Self-Stroking or Auto Contact<\/a>, Leg Cleansing or Leg Pacifying Behaviour<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cue In Action<\/strong>: While making eye contact, licking her lips frequently, she seductively stroked her thighs as she was speaking to a guy at the bar.<\/p>\n Meaning and\/or Motivation<\/strong>: It is common for women to perform self-touching when aroused. Self-touch is usually a signal that touching from another person is welcome but it must be accompanied by other sexual signals. Eye contact is one of the most important signals because it serves to anchor the signal to a specific person. If eye contact is absent, then the cue may simple be a broadcast signal to the room at large due to her ovulation cycle, or her level of receptivity.<\/p>\n When a woman rubs her thighs she is simulating the type of touching she\u2019d like to receive and this is part of the purpose. She can produce a pacifying effect to help calm her desires, but also to draw attention to her features, her thighs, and subconsciously suggest to her desired partner what course of action she would prefer.<\/p>\n Men who are aware of the courtship gesture should be sure that the legs are not being stroked simply because she is performing a \u201cleg cleansing\u201d where she is wiping sweat from her palms or trying to gain comfort through self soothing due to nervousness. 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