Gender Meeting

There is another great gender difference, it seems, in the posture, proximity and position of two people approaching each other.
Women prefer the direct approach. Friendly men, on the other hand, prefer to approach another person from the side to demonstrate they're not being hostile, says author David Bodanis in his book, The Secret Family.
And two males "will never stand in direct proximity if they can avoid it. Instead they take up a strangely distanced now-don't-take-offense posture, with their chests not facing each other's directly," writes Bodanis.
Women want to "be cleanly approached from the front so they can see the other person," and a man who makes a sideways approach "is likely to be viewed with suspicion," he says.
Other gender differences he cites: Women generally will stand closer than men, will give "supportive nods and grunts" during conversation and will likely look directly into the other person's eyes.
Men, particularly those who don't know each other, will avoid eye contact, and if their eyes do meet, will "almost joltingly flick their gazes away."