Women are touched more than men, partly because they are more likely to associate touch with personal warmth and expressiveness. Although women use more facial expression, they appear to use fewer and more restrained gestures than men. On an escalator, women seem to prefer to act as if they do not notice anything, so that unwanted contact can be avoided, say anthropologists Anneke Vrugt and Ada Kerkstra in their study about sexual differences in non-verbal communication. According to them, men make it clear in their reactions that they do not appreciate a rapprochement. Some researchers suggest that women are more skilled at both sending and interpreting facial expression than are men.
Women use more facial expression in general and smile more in particular.
Women who introduce themselves with a firm handshake were perceived as being intellectual and open to new experiences in a recent study for the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.