Sex differences in human interaction are unapparent until about the fourth grade. At approximately this age, society s influences begin to affect visual interaction. Environmental influences train women to be more aware of visual cues than men. Women are usually taught to give special attention to dress, colour, spatial arrangements, and so on. The eye contact of women becomes an emotional expression of striving to build social relationships.
Women strive by looking more while speaking and being spoken to.
It has also been observed that females look more at people they like but less when giving false impressions to the person in question. When males increase eye contact while talking they are seen to be more active than females with the same amount of eye contact. Apparently, both males and females look more at each other as the physical distance increases between them. The females smiled longer and more often than the males, engaging in smiling for a larger proportion of their nonspeaking time. The females spent more time gazing at their partner than did the males.