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rts h ip th ro ug h her use o f ve rb a l sig na ls , non ve rb a l
s ig na ls and sit ua tio na l co n tr o l tha t sig n als c ontin ue d in te re st in the male . H er beh avio r
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th th e male .
T his s eque nce pla ce s th e fe m ale in a b in d . If she wants to con tin u e th e re la tio n sh ip , sh e will
m ore th an lik e ly end up in th e priv a te pha se o f the re la tio nsh ip . W hen the priv a te ph ase beg in s
s h e must d eve lop e motio na l re cip ro cit y whil e li m it in g phys ic a l re cip ro cit y wi th he r partne r un til
h e r r equ ir e m en ts fo r em otion al re cip ro cit y and pu blic c om mit m en t h ave bee n sa tis fie d by the
r e la tion sh ip . H ow do wom en acc om plis h th e ta sk of re fu sin g se x whil e co ntinu in g th e
r e la tion sh ip? Fro m the re je ction e ssays , P erp er and W eiss ide ntif ie d tw o fe m ale
re je c tion
s tr a te g ie s .
T he fir s t str a te g y, the y c all e d Com ple te Reje ctio n ( a vo id pro ce ptiv it y and re je ct
s ig na ls ) str a te g y. T his s tr a te g y in vo lv e s both ve rba l a nd no nve rb al be ha vio rs th a t sig na l h e r
d e sir e fo r de -e sc ala tio n of t he re la tio n sh ip . F or in stan ce ste erin g th e co n ve rs a tio n to w ard no n
a rou sin g to p ics , avo id ing ph ysic a l co n ta ct, and str u ctu rin g th e sit u atio n to proh ib it se xu al
o ve rtu re s. C om ple te re je ctio n by Perp e r's de fin it ion co n ve ys re je ctio n of e m otio na l re cip ro cit y
a s well a ph ysic a l re cip ro cit y re su lt in g in th e te rm in atio n of t he re la tio nsh ip and e lim in atio n of
a n y po ss ib ili ty th a t the male will aro u se th e