Women, Words & Touch

The point of escalation is seeing if the attraction is mutual. And if it is... making that attraction official.
In my opinion, touch does not create attraction, it reveals it. Do you really think tapping a woman's shoulder made her like you? However, touch can be used to create arousal in women that are already attracted to you.
When it comes to touch guys either have the incidental focus (I can use touch to create attraction) or the arousal focus (If I just touch her enough, it will turn her on and it won't matter if she likes me). Not many have the I'm going to use touch to see if attraction is mutual / make attraction official focus.
In the essence of saving time, it's best to use touch to make attraction official first and then to create arousal second. Meaning, if you slap her ass thinking you can arouse a woman who isn't interested in you, it's probably a waste of time. And if you are focused solely on rubbing her lower back (one-sided) instead of grabbing her hand (mutual) - you are out of sequence.
The problem with overt kino is women will let you touch them. Doesn't mean they will/want to touch you back.
And words alone can not make attraction official. Saying "I like you" isn't enough. But descriptions can be used to arouse a woman who is already open to the idea of sleeping with you.
The biggest problem in the dating community is not creating attraction, it's making attraction official.
Women will let you touch them. Women will let you compliment them.
The question is... will she caress you back?