> "No matter how good his pitch you probably won’t buy the darn cheese!"

Yours is a good and insightful article...

And yet I'm sure some feminists will get their panties in a bunch and shout "How you dare to compare women with cheese!" - entirely missing your point! :-D

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> "Well imagine you would now ask her… “So what does this mean? Does it mean we’re going to have sex?” "

The same feminists would say "Of course you need to ask for explicit consent now!"... ruining your (and her) day. Bloody brilliant! ;-P

I agree with the author: unless you like playing the roulette (where the odds are against you), NEVER explicitly ask for her sexual consent (most women are repelled by that). Instead, observe her behavior and signals (as the author says, "actions speak louder than words").