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letter from the editor: July O06.(attracting )(Editorial)
Sexy Education
When I was 15 years old, I discovered body language. My first lesson came from Kim, a 16-year-old with hair to her waist and a remarkable hip-swiveling walk, who brought a book to school and showed it to a group of us in the library. OIf you want a guy to know youOre interested in him,O she whispered, quoting the text, Oflick your hair back with your palm facing out.O We all dispersed
to the locker room to practice the move in front of the mirror.
It was harder than it sounds, but Kim was a quick study: She already had the long hair, the giggle, and the strut of an accomplished flirt. When she added the hair flick, she was unstoppable.
At parties, the rest of us just stood back and watched her in awe. The boys were stunned in her presence. Back then, those poor, pimply boys mumbled and stared at the floor a lot. The girls were either preternaturally sexy or utterly clueless. I belonged to the latter group,
and no amount of hair flicking seemed able to change that.
Many years later, long after IOd given up on KimOs instructions, I met several experts in seductive body language who were eager to share their knowledge. About 20 editors
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