Perhaps I can. For the most part, my experiences have shown that women do not like directness. (Please go to page 11 and read [post=632978]this[/post] post. It says much about why indirectness may not be a bad thing in some ways. And at the same time it is.) But, anyway, women don't like to be confronted so directly when it comes to such things. They like to be given the option of a back door. Of a pretending not to see. Being overly direct offends this need for escape and offends the woman (this is a basic human trait not only women.)
But, I have had recent experience with a woman who did respond well to directness. She had been accosted many times by many men in many ways. Poetically, emotionally, logically, double entendres galore. She had grown weary of this indirectness. This saying by not saying. She had become quite bitter whole process. And lo, I come along and begin a friendship with her. I share with her things about myself and she shared with me things of herself. It was all quite simple and direct. There was some indirect flirtations and the like, but these were generally joking in nature and not truly meant to be taken as indirectness. She really warmed up to me, I must say. A simple, direct approach sparked a respect in her that others failed to achieve in their duplicity. A purity, she calls it. An honesty. A simplicity. Sometimes, when a person is able to delve into their hidden nature. When a person does not wish to lie to themselves, to continue the lying to the self that we are taught since childhood, since the womb. Sometimes, with these wonderful people, directness is the key. It is unfortunate that these people are few and far between. I wish I knew more people like her. She has inspired me greatly. And, I think I inspire her somewhat as well.