This is slightly misogynistic but also incredibly useful. Or at least, it would’ve been to me when I was 16. I already know 99% of this but unfortunately like most guys I learned it all the hard way.

Even though I have asked half a dozen women friends this, I still have never gotten an actual clear answer: Why must women use so many-difficult-to-parse and opaque signals and obfuscations? Threat reduction? Plausible deniability? Something else?

I really do want to know.