Editing Flirting (section)

=== Misinterpretation ===
Flirting is often performed subtly, and evidence shows that people are often mistaken in how they interpret flirting behaviors.<ref name="Motives to Remain Platonic, Equity"/> A 2015 study found that covert flirting is not detected in the majority of cases.<ref name="u730">{{cite journal | last=Hall | first=Jeffrey A. | last2=Xing | first2=Chong | last3=Brooks | first3=Seth | title=Accurately Detecting Flirting: Error Management Theory, the Traditional Sexual Script, and Flirting Base Rate | journal=Communication Research | volume=42 | issue=7 | date=1 October 2015 | issn=0093-6502 | doi=10.1177/0093650214534972 | doi-access=free | pages=939–958 | url=https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/1808/21524/1/Hall_2015_DetectingFlirting.pdf | access-date=22 April 2025}}</ref>

Without [[consent]] or [[implied consent]] by the receiving party, some flirting behavior, such as [[double entendre]]s, can be viewed as [[sexual harassment]].<ref name="l939">{{cite journal | last1=Henningsen | first1=D. D. | last2=Braz | first2=M. | last3=Davies | first3=E. | title=Why do We Flirt? Flirting Motivations and Sex Differences in Working and Social Contexts | journal=Journal of Business Communication | volume=45 | issue=4 | date=1 October 2008 | issn=0021-9436 | doi=10.1177/0021943608319390 | pages=483–502}}</ref><ref name="Marueen"/>