The
causes of a woman rejecting the addresses of a man are as follows: affection for
her husband; desire of lawful progeny; want of certainty on account of the man
being devoted to travelling; thinking that the man may be attached to some other
person; fear of the man’s not keeping his intentions secret; thinking that the
man is too devoted to his friends, and has too great a regard for them; the
apprehension that he is not in earnest; bashfulness on account of his being
powerful, or possessed of too impetuous passion, in the case of the deer woman;
bashfulness on account of his being too clever; the thought of having once lived
with him only on friendly terms; contempt of his want of knowledge of the world;
distrust of his low character; disgust at his want of perception of her love for
him; in the case of an elephant woman, the thought that he is a hare man, or a
man of weak passion; compassion lest anything should befall him on account of
his passion; despair at her own imperfection; fear of discovery; disillusion at
seeing his grey hair or shabby appearance; fear that he may be employed by her
husband to test her chastity; the thought that he has too much regard for
morality.
Whichever
of the above causes a man may detect, he should endeavour to remove it from the
very beginning. Thus, the
bashfulness that may arise from his greatness or his ability, he should remove
by showing his great love and affection for her.
The difficulty of the want of opportunity, or of his inaccessibility, he
should remove by showing her some easy way of access. The excessive respect entertained by the woman for him should
be removed by making himself very familiar.
The difficulties that arise from his being thought a low character, he
should remove by showing his valour and his wisdom; those that come from
neglect, by extra attention; and those that arise from fear, by giving her
proper encouragement.
The following are the men who generally obtain success with women: men well versed in the science of love; men skilled in telling stories; men acquainted with women from their childhood; men who have secured their confidence; men who send presents to them; men who talk well; men who do things that they like; men who have not loved other women previously; men who act as messengers; men who know their weak points; men who are desired by good women; men who are united with their female friends; men who are good looking; men who have been brought up with them; men who are their neighbours; men who are devoted to sexual pleasures, even though these be their own servants; the lovers of the daughters of their nurse; men who have been lately married; men who are nurse; men who have been lately married; men who are liberal; men who are celebrated for being very strong (bull men); enterprising and brave men; men who