By doing that they look comparatively little and even look away . As the partners got closer to one another they were likely to look away. Bringing one or both of the arms in front of the upper part of the body and cross them. See Fig. 1.13 and 1.11 . The body cross occurs in only one of the greeting partners.
Females tend to use the body cross more often then males.
The body cross expresses a tendency of withdraw or subordination. Appears just before or just after the distance salutation, or just before the close salutation. The grooming indicates a change of his involvement with the other, moving in or out of interaction with him. A special grooming is a flirting gesture . The head is tilted to one side, and, at the same time, the hand moves down th side of hair and the palm of the hand is turned toward the person being addressed.