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Advice to the Amherst Men

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Females of Amherst Student Contributor, Amherst College
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Evelyn Kramer Student Contributor, Amherst College
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Amherst chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

College is a time when young men and women learn about how to interact with one another, so that they can go out into the real world and not muck things up.  Much of that learning is through physical experimentation.  In the spirit of furthering the education of the Amherst men, the females of Amherst have put together some advice about what we women would like to see (and feel) from them. Pass this on to all the guys in your life.  (And a lot of these tips can apply to girls too!)
 
 
Ask girls if they want to dance:
Girls, you’ve been there before: you’re at the socials, having a nice time dancing with all your friends, when you feel some guy pressed up against your rear.  It would be awkward to turn around and be like, “who the hell are you?”, and so an elaborate series of facial expressions and hand gestures ensue as your friends try to subtly communicate to you whether or not the guy is a creep, all while trying to appear to him as if they’re just fixing their dresses or waving to one another.  This would never be a problem if guys would actually ask girls if they want to dance.  Plus than they get points for being a gentleman.
 
 
Dudes, Keep Your Hands to Yourself When You’re in Public:
It may seem like a sexy idea to try to stick your hands down the girl’s pants while you’re dancing with her at a party, but it’s not.  No girl wants you doing that in front of the whole world.  Plus, no one else at the party wants to see that. Save it for the bedroom, please.
 
 

The Neck Kiss
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Most women love it when you kiss them on the neck.  However, the neck kiss is an art.  Don’t be too overly enthusiastic and slobbery.  Keep use of the tongue to a minimum.  Kiss her neck gently with your lips.  Don’t stay on the neck for too long though.  You don’t want to be attached to her neck forever like a leech.
 
 

Be Careful When Biting:

A very soft nibble can be sexy, but you don’t want to bruise the girl.  Also, biting lips is not a good idea.  However, gently pulling/sucking on her lower lip is incredibly sexy as long as you’re gentle!
 
 
Don’t Pull Her Off the Windowsill:
You see that girl, getting her grove on up on the windowsill, and she looks damn good.  This does not mean you should pull her off the windowsill.  That is a way to make her topple over and break all her limbs, after which she probably won’t want to dance with you.  If you like her moves, either get up on the windowsill with her and show off your moves too, or casually extend a hand so that she knows you want to dance with her and are willing to gently help her to the ground.
 
 
If a Girl Moves Away from You, or Her Friends Grab Her and Take Her Away From You, You Are Out of Luck:
If you’re dancing with a girl and she moves away, it’s probably not just because she wants a breather.  If her friends yank her away, that’s definitely the end of that.  Time to go find someone else to dance with.
 
 
 

Evelyn is the Editor-in-Chief of the Amherst branch of Her Campus. She was a features intern at Seventeen Magazine during the summer of 2011 and a features intern at Glamour Magazine during the summer of 2013. She is a French and English major in the class of 2014 at Amherst College. She is also on Amherst's varsity squash team. She is an aspiring travel writer/novelist, and loves running, ice cream, and Jane Austen.