Linda Howard's 12 Steps to Physical Intimacy

Linda Howard identified the steps that a man and a woman follow when checking out each other’s level of attraction/sexual interest. In modern society, the woman “decides” when she is ready to move to the next level, but in a romance, it is often the man who asserts.
 

1) eye to body

2) eye to eye


3) voice to voice


4) hand to hand


5) arm to shoulder


6) arm to waist


7) mouth to mouth


8) hand to head


9) hand to body


10) mouth to breast


11) hand to genitals


12) genitals to genitals or mouth to genitals.