Why do women tell 20% lies to men?

20%, in a liar's mind, is the middle value between "lie" and "truth". Women are most likely to tell these 20% lies.

When a woman buys clothes, the actual price is always 20% more expensive than what she tells her husband. Therein lies the psychological distance of comparison: no matter how high a husband's income is, he always feels that his wife buys too many clothes; and no matter how many clothes a wife has, she always feels that the items in her wardrobe are not rich enough.

Therefore, in order to keep replenishing the goods without causing conflicts with their husbands, wives would tell a little lie and conceal the real price. This becomes the source of women's lies. But why is it 20%? Why not less, such as 10%? Why not more, such as 30%? That is because, in a liar's mind, 20% is the middle value between "lie" and "truth". It’s better not to tell a 10% lie. The amount is too small for a woman to be a liar in front of her husband. 30% lies is a bit too much. Once it rises to the "3" digit, people's moral bottom line will sound the alarm. Even a white lie will face the pressure of conscience.

Therefore, women love to tell 20% lies because it is not a big burden and the effect is not bad: if the price is 20% less, the man will be 20% less hostile to the price of his wife's new clothes; but if the price is 20% less, the woman will not think of it as a deception.

There are many kinds of lies in life. The best liar will only tamper with 20% of the truth. Because, he does not have too much pressure when it comes to his conscience, and the person who is deceived will not suffer too much loss. And this 20% cannot be called a lie. Let’s just call it “putting the truth in makeup”.

Scratching ears

Children will cover their ears with both hands to avoid being scolded by their parents. The gesture of scratching the ears is the adult version of this body language. There are many variations of scratching the ear, including rubbing the back of the auricle, inserting the fingertips into the ear canal to pick the ear, pulling the earlobe, folding the entire auricle forward to cover the ear hole, etc.

People may also scratch their ears when they feel they have heard enough or want to speak. Scratching the ears can also mean that the person is in an anxious state.

Pull the collar

Lying can cause an itchy sensation in the sensitive facial and neck nerve tissue, so people have to rub or scratch to eliminate the discomfort. This phenomenon not only explains why people scratch their necks when they are confused, it also explains why liars frequently pull at their collars when they are worried that their lies will be discovered. This is because once a liar senses the listener's suspicion, the increased blood pressure will cause sweat to form in the neck.

When a person feels angry or frustrated, he or she will pull the collar away from his or her neck so that cool air can flow into the clothes and cool down the anger in his or her heart. When you see someone doing this, you might want to say to him, "Could you please say it again?" or "Please just say what you want to say, okay?" This will expose the person who is trying to lie.

Scratching the neck

The neck scratching gesture is: use your index finger (usually the index finger of your writing hand) to scratch the area on the side of your neck just below your earlobe. Our observations show that people typically scratch with their index finger about five times each time they make this gesture. The number of index finger movements is rarely less than 5 or more than 5. This gesture is a sign of doubt and uncertainty, and is the equivalent of the person saying, "I'm not sure I agree with you."

The inconsistency is particularly evident when the spoken language and this gesture are inconsistent. For example, if someone says, "I totally understand how you feel," but at the same time he's scratching his neck, we can conclude that he doesn't actually understand.