Body Language

[petaglair]

I realize that its not concious, but for Femme Fatale to think "Oh, I gave him a dominant handshake", there has to be some definition of "dominant handshake."  And what would make an "equal power handshake"?

- Bryan

i guess if the both hands are broken it should be an equal power handshake

[Femme Stab Mode >:D]

*Sigh
I gave the dominant handshake as a little experiment, I didn't mean anything by it.  In a dominant handshake the palm of the hand is facing slightly downwards, it means that the person who gives the handshake likes to be in control, but it doesn't mean that the person giving it is "superiour" in any way. Equal power handshakes are your usual everyday handshakes where the palm of the hand is perpendicular to the ground. Submissive handshakes are handshakes where the palm of the hand is facing slightly upwards. Body language is not accurate. Everybody has their own but some gestures are similar for everyone. Different cultures have different body language and symbols. For example in some places in Asia a thumbs-up can be rude.  Some Russian gestures don't mean anything in the western world for example the Russian "no way you're not getting anything from me" (fist clenched, tumb sticking out between middle and index finger) The handshake thing was just out of curiosity. I wanted to see what he would do. I like doing that - I do something weird like wear a raincoat on a sunny day and see what people say.  

[petaglair]

try going out naked in winter and see what the policemen would say , and your doctor when you tell him how you catch this cold

you should try in summer so that you would only have to explain it to the police


i put a smiley i don't want to be banned for another meany joke of mine

squinky

[undergroundling]

But if the other person giving the handshake does not conciously think of the handshake as being dominant or submissive, it could be equal power in his mind even though his body language might not agree with how you're interpreting it.

Just a thought.

- Bryan

[Ghostmaker]

I always thought of a dominant hand shake as when you put more force into it then needed, not crushing their hand, just letting them know you can.

Small note - dont try other cultures gestures in your own, in some villages in africa and south america its polite to spit on some one,  i tried it in australia, and they hit me.  

[Squinky]

try going out naked in winter and see what the policemen would say , and your doctor when you tell him how you catch this cold

you should try in summer so that you would only have to explain it to the police


i put a smiley i don't want to be banned for another meany joke of mine

squinky

Squinky? who the , what the? what did I do? heh...

[petaglair]

it's safer for me to hide my identity when i put a humorous post

AGA

[Andail]

I don't think you should generalise too much about body language...like in those american hostage-negotiator movies when the hero knows exactly when the bad guy lies, because the bad guy looked up and to the left when he said something.
Silly.
Also the thing about the voice going up in pitch at the end of the sentence should really be handled with care - the best thing is probably to ignore all these signs and not judge people on those premises at all...analysing people is harder than that