"Under this system, an unmarried woman who offers food to a man is effectively flirting, if not offering betrothal. Male anthropologists have to be aware of this to avoid embarrassment."
p. 164, Catching Fire: How Cooking Made us Human, Robert Wrangham
Just ask Cap'n Mal of Serenity.
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