The Homosexual Matrix the most novel account of the way in which behavioral expression communicates internal states since Charles Darwin's "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals" (1872), but considered his most original contribution to be his explanation of how erotic feeling depends on "resistance", which might consist of any of several impediments to easy access to sexual satisfaction. Begelman called Tripp a skillful writer who was learned on the subject of homosexuality, but whose objectivity was nevertheless open to question. Karlen wrote that Tripp made numerous unjustified claims, such as that homosexual men tend to have a larger than average
Body language that seven emotions are universally recognized, regardless of cultural background: happiness, surprise, fear, anger, contempt, disgust, and sadness. Recently, scholars have shown that the expressions of pride and shame are universal. Tracy and Robins (2008) concluded that the expression of pride includes an expanded posture of the body with the head tilted back, with a low-intensity face and a non-Duchenne smile (raising the corner of the mouth). The expression of shame includes the hiding of the face, either by turning it down or covering it with the hands. Fundamentally, body language is seemed as an involuntary and unconscious phenomena that