Bring Out His Inner Bad Boy.

Nothing makes a girl go weak like a rough-edged James Dean kind of dude. These tawdry tips will get any man misbehavin'--and add a little black leather to your love life.

* Ever wish your considerate, mild-mannered man would occasionally tell his sweet side to shove off and let his daring, delinquent, don't-play-by-anybody's-rules macho mind-set sweep you off your feet? Uh-huh, we thought so. Well, join the very large bad-boy fan club. Craving the sexy untamable quality that puts a swagger in his step and floods your mind with dirty thoughts is totally natural. Of course, no one wants to get serious with a rebel without basic manners...or a job...or a clean record, for that matter. But the mix of good guy with some raw, stormy spirit is a 100-proof love potion.

Luckily, pretty much all males are born with that bad-boy gene. It's just that many men repress it in an effort to make you happy. Case in point: Have you ever told your guy to stay calm rather than fight for a parking space? Or denied his request for a quickie because you didn't want to mess up your do? This just means that to fulfill your he-man hankering, you have to resuscitate his inner outlaw. No problemo. We have four strategies to bring out your guy's natural naughty nature. Follow these instructions and you'll wind up with a true lady-killer combo: your same desirable honey, laced with a hot wild streak.

Prod Him to Flex for You

We women are such pros at standing up for ourselves that guys pretty much never get the chance to act studly and be the hero. But the truth is, flaunting his brawn (even just figuratively) to protect his sweetheart is a staple of bad-boy behavior. When defiant Dirty Dancer Patrick Swayze put his foot down and stated "No one puts Baby in the corner," women swooned. And when scarred-up hot rod Tom Cruise saved hostage Thandie Newton in M1-2, it made you want to seek out danger just to have him motorcycle in and throw you on his leather seat. You get the idea--create the opportunity for your man to be a man and it will spark some of that primal passion, assures Gilda Carle, Ph.D., author of He's Not All That! HOW to Attract the Good Guys (HarperCollins, 2001).

Bring out his hot-bloodedness by occasionally stepping aside in gnarly situations and letting your guy do the dirty work. When Sally's [*] persnickety neighbor made a habit of complaining when she and her guy got too rambunctious, her response was to be nice and not make waves. "But by the 10th time we heard that familiar knock on the door during a makeout session, I had had it," says the 29-year-old. "Instead of begging my boyfriend to be cordial, I said, 'Get rid of her. Period.' My guy grinned, then told our nosy neighbor what she could do in her spare time and slammed the door. Honestly, I don't think I've ever been more turned on than when I witnessed him showing his devilish side like that."

Fuel His Outlaw Urges