ABSTRACT
The human mating process conventionally begins with flirting. This is where the first indications of interest are exchanged. However, flirting can be an exceptionally confusing form of communication. Some academics believe that flirting is intentionally ambiguous. In fact, academic definitions of flirting stress this ambiguity. Sexual harassment is normally a case where women perceive they are victims of inappropriate male action, but it can be the other way around. It can also include homosexual or lesbian activity. The issue of sexual harassment has prompted a politically correct inquisition, with the goal of rooting out and punishing men who express attitudes deemed to be improper towards women. An important theory that suggests there are gender differences in how one view mating is Robert Trivers's theory of parental investment. Error management theory suggests that men have a natural cognitive bias towards interpreting interaction with women as an opportunity whereas in many instances that opportunity does not exist.
