In general, men are wired to notice obvious signs that convey interest in mating - a warm smile, for example - and ignore other subtleties, like if your lipstick is faded.
Sex begins before adolescence, and survives sterility; it is indeed coeval with our lives, although at the mating age its effects are more obvious to Society.
his snores sounded like ducks mating.
I couldn't be more chuffed if I were a badger at the start of the mating season!
It is remarkable indeed how we human beings are capable of delighting in the mating call of a flower while we are surrounded by the charred carcasses of our fellow animals.
Wine is a precarious aphrodisiac, and its fumes have blighted many a mating.
They're not mating are they?