Modes of persuasion

I’m a bit of a romantic – some would even say quite a bit – so I’ve always been fascinated by the approaches men take as they set about, as we used to say in Guyana, to “trap a binny”.  And while in the business of love women clearly have an array of subtle techniques they use to attract a man, it is the more aggressive, and sometimes even absurd levels, displayed by men that I’m referring to.

There is the standard “sooting” that young men in the Caribbean use to alert a passing young lady that she is