Malin Akerman

Malin Åkerman has watched plenty of laid-back losers try to impress her with their cool. Smart women like her prefer a spark of curiosity. "It's like you have a zest for life," she says. "You're curious about people, things, the world. And that to me shows an open mind, someone you might want to explore the world alongside."

Åkerman plays Laurie Juspeczyk, a.k.a. Silk Spectre II, a hot-yet-very-human crime fighter in latex who kicks ass while trying to save the world, in Watchmen. Her character may be torn between quasihuman superhero Doctor Manhattan (Billy Crudup) and the brilliant, kind Nite Owl II (Patrick Wilson), but in reality, this model-turned-actress has found her mate. How'd he win her over? He listened—likely in addition to everything else on Åkerman's list of the keys to romantic success. Follow them for any chance of wooing a woman like her for yourself.

Malin's Tips:
• Be patient: "If you think a girl looks beautiful, tell her," she says. "She will see that you're being real. Let your comment be the opener, and if it turns into a conversation, then ask to buy her a drink."

• Act naturally: "Charm comes from being yourself. And if you're goofy, then that's just who you are, and you'll find your match with someone who is like that, too."

• Speak up: "Women get nervous in bed, just as men do," she says. "The best way to calm those nerves is to ask questions every step of the way. You can't please each other if you don't know what your partner likes, right?"

Olivia Munn.

Olivia Munn proves that women like her—the tomboy-gone-hot type—aren’t just more fun to hang out with: They’re also better partners, lovers, and friends. When other women are on the prowl during happy hour, the actress and host of the G4 cable network’s Attack of the Show! is likely bikini-clad in the barrel of a killer wave.

How do you woo adrenaline-seeking Athena types like Munn? The first requisite: Be humble. "Too many guys substitute being an asshole for being confident, or funny, or anything else," she says. "I love it when a guy admits he has no idea what he's doing." After you soften up, just say “Hi.” "I'll know if it's the right match from the beginning just by the feeling," she says. "And if a pickup line or a false compliment comes out of your mouth, you're dead in the water."

Olivia's Tips:

• Spice things up. “When life is boring, sex is boring. It’s routine,” she says. Find new ways to make the same thing interesting, even if it means embracing your wild side.

• Be spontaneous. There’s not always going to be a storybook scenario at your disposal. "Sometimes the best memories are made when everything goes wrong," Munn says.

• Be passionate about something other than her. “I dated a man who loved guitar, and now I can pick out different parts of a song. Passion is contagious. If you open me up to new things, it makes me want you more.”

6 Secret Ways To Turn Her On.

Rest assured, every woman wants to be seduced. We just don't like guys who go for the seduction jugular: the champagne, the Barry White, the walk on the beach. A man who has tried one of these, or, God forbid, all of them at once, is a man who knows well the face of humiliation and failure.



No, the key to turning her on for sex is not to advertise how much you want her, but, rather, to quietly make clear why she should want you. When it comes to sex, in other words, you don't need a billboard—you need sneaky subliminal messages.



They used to use tricks like these to sell more Coke at the movies. Now you can use them to get more women.

1. Ditch the Cell

(Wait. You'd better not be wearing one, because if you are, you're a walking seduction-free zone. This includes beepers.) First of all, women are very serious about our schedules, and if we've set aside time to spend with you, we're not keen on sharing it with your free minutes. Second, when chatting on the phone, you can't help but reveal some of the ins and outs of your work or private life, and that kind of openness is girly, creepy, and not sexy.

But here's the biggest problem: Any guy who can't go 2 hours without checking in with his friends, his job, his family, comes across as desperately insecure. Go ahead and actually turn it off in front of her. She will recognize you as the man who is comfortable and at peace with what's in front of him, and thank her stars you're not the guy who's always wondering what and who is next.

Watch out: Putting your phone on vibrate and repeatedly checking to see who's calling without answering not only is not seductive, but also shows you're kind of an arrogant jerk.

2. Fix Something

Men fixing broken things—light switches, toasters, clogged toilets—is a tradition that dates back to, well, a time when men did things besides nod, point, and hand other men their debit cards. We know that you probably can't gap your points or replace the alternator in your Hyundai. But with a little practice, and some very basic, moron-friendly manuals, you can do plenty of other tasks that would establish you as a Competent Male. 

If you're going to do this, though, try to do it in her presence. And it's okay, even advisable, to swear if you can't find the right tools, as long as you don't complain.



Danger zone: Don't get dirt on your face unless you're doing something fairly complicated. There's a fine line between looking manly and looking like a doofus with dirt on his face.

3. Read a Book

Allow me to interrupt that thrilling game of Ghost Recon to pose the following question: Do you have any idea of the mass quantity of ass you could get just by reading one book? Women read a lot, and, like pretty much everything else we do, we like to talk about it. Only we can rarely talk about it with guys, because, well, many of you (although not necessarily you personally) are Neanderthals growing slowly illiterate in front of an Xbox. 

But imagine yourself talking to a pretty woman, and she mentions that she's reading a book, and you've actually read it, too! So if this pretty woman thought you were cute, now she thinks you're smart, too.



Also: Reading in public is a great way to give women an excuse to talk to you.

4. Replace Bottles on a Watercooler

Modern life, what with its dearth of catapults, marauding wolves, and barn raisings, doesn't provide men with many opportunities to show off their brute strength. It's a very lucky accident that in the midst of all this ease-making progress, we've managed to poison our drinking-water supply.

And since somebody has to replace those unwieldy 5-gallon plastic containers on the office cooler, it might as well be you. It's such a quick, easy way to make the chicks in the office sit up and take notice of your athletic prowess. You know those bottles aren't that heavy, but who cares, because women think they are, Hercules.



Alternative: If you don't have a watercooler in your office, be the first to offer your man power when a stalled or stuck-in-the-snow car needs a push. You want to make your point and then get back to work. There's a reason they call it "the strong, silent type."

5. Write E-Mails Longer than 5 Words

If you're dating a woman, really like her, and yet insist on writing her e-mails that read "ok cu later," you are such an idiot that I don't even know why I'm trying to help you. Men are all about keeping things short and to the point. And when it comes to business correspondence or letting your friends know where you're watching the Dolphins game, that's fine. But short and to the point, in chick world, translates into BORING and UNIMAGINATIVE and—the worst sin of all—UNINTERESTED.

You don't have to get all Cyrano de Bergerac on her ass. But an interesting sentence or two, please, is so easy and so, so point scoring. Examples? She writes, "How was your night?" DO NOT write back, "It was okay." Even if all you did was drink two beers and watch CSI, have something to say. Like, "Do you think real female forensic investigators all wear those low-cut pants?" Just some evidence, please, that you are a living, breathing, thinking human being who doesn't spend all his time away from her staring at a wall. Because that's the image "It was okay" evokes.

Oh, and: "It was okay, how was yours?" is not an improvement over "It was okay." Cop-out is written all over it.

6. Disagree with Her

I have a friend, Nancy, who is extremely beautiful. She is the sort of woman for whom men will do just about anything. She sort of knows this, so she has a tendency to test the limits of their patience and generosity. 

One day, she was going on and on to her boyfriend about something he had done wrong. He apologized. He apologized twice. And she still went on and on. Finally, he looked right at her, at her perfect arms crossed self-righteously across her perfect breasts as her perfect mouth issued forth criticism after criticism, and said, "Would you please shut the fu-- up?"

She made passionate love to him thereafter and, basically, hasn't stopped since. We're not saying you should shoot down all our complaints by dropping f-bombs, but appeasement isn't always your best move, especially when we've gotten out of hand.



Moral: We're pathetic this way, but you're at your most attractive when you're just totally over us.

DONE-SKI.

(article published by MensHealth.com author unknown)

5 Secrets of Sexually Satisfied Women.

3,289 women were asked how happy they are with their sex lives. Then we took notes from the ones with the biggest smiles.



1. She Wants More

Although our survey shows that satisfied women have sex several times a week, two out of five are still left craving more. "Women have a broad definition of sex, so this doesn't necessarily mean they want more intercourse," says Scott Haltzman, M.D., author of The Secrets of Happily Married Men. "A woman might just want to feel more sexual in general, so let her know you're thinking about her throughout the day, and tinge it with sexuality." One way is to text her about dinner plans and ask her to wear her hot red blouse.
Listen in: "He's afraid of seeming too eager, but I have just as large a sex drive as he does." —Marissa, 19



2. She Knows She's Hot

Satisfied women don't suffer from low self-esteem—four in five think their partners find them extremely sexy. Want a confident girlfriend? Never criticize other women's bodies. "She'll worry about how you feel about hers," says Debby Herbenick, Ph.D., sexual-health educator at Indiana University's Kinsey Institute. "She won't feel comfortable showing you her body if she's worried you'll think she's fat, ugly, or full of cellulite."
Listen in: "When I hear him compliment me in bed, it sends me over the top." —Jane, 28



3. She'll Speak Up

Satisfied women know what they want, and 87 percent will express it. "A woman comfortable asking for what she wants is going to be orgasmic more of the time," says Lonnie Barbach, Ph.D., author of For Each Other: Sharing Sexual Intimacy. Encourage her openness by increasing sex talk in nonsexual situations. But be sure to look out for nonverbal cues, too. "Some people do to their partners what they would like done to themselves," Barbach says. If she keeps touching you gently, for example, do that unto her.
Listen in: "I tell him everything. That's why we have great sex!"  —Kathleen, 32



4. Pleasure's the Goal


Sounds crazy, but it's true: Orgasm isn't essential to a woman's sexual satisfaction. Three out of four women say the pleasure from sex makes orgasm less necessary. So relax—your laid-back approach can put her more at ease, making her more likely to climax. "The more you try to focus on orgasm, the more you scare it away," says Barbach. Instead, attend to her without that Big-O-or-Big-Zero attitude. 

Listen in: "I don't love sex for the orgasms, I love it because it brings us closer together."—Sara, 22



5. Passion Trumps Size

The cliché is true: It is how you use it. Only 7 percent of sexually satisfied women say penis size is critical to their pleasure. The other 93 percent say they can be satisfied in other ways. "Passion is what keeps women coming back for more," says Yvonne K. Fulbright, Ph.D., the author of Touch Me There! Our survey participants agreed: They were 10 times as likely to rank both passion and generosity as more important than penis size.
Listen in: "Our sexual chemistry and his passion are what make the sex incredible!" —Louise, 22 


ENJOY.