'Americans' Pathological Avoidance of Touch

SUBMAN1 · 05-31-09, 08:06 PM

And interesting article:

http://www.collegenews.org/x9278.xml

-S

August · 05-31-09, 08:17 PM

I touch my students all the time. A clap on the back when they've done well, a touch on the arm to get their attention. Course i'm dealing with adults not children.

05-31-09, 08:38 PM

I'm not adverse to touch, I touch myself every night! :rotfl:

GoldenRivet · 05-31-09, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by August

I touch my students all the time. A clap on the back when they've done well, a touch on the arm to get their attention. Course i'm dealing with adults not children.

same here

Kapt Z · 05-31-09, 09:57 PM

What's the point of going to the prom if you can't feel up your date?

Platapus · 06-01-09, 05:28 PM

Ever hear of the "Diplomatic Shuffle"?

That happens when a person from a nation with a large personal space culture is talking to a person from a nation with a small personal space culture.

As one person moves closer, the other person backs up, each trying to maintain the "correct" personal distance based on their culture.

It can be quite funny to watch and quite annoying to participate in.

Onkel Neal · 06-01-09, 05:44 PM

That article is whacked, if anything, there's too much touching over here. Friends hugging, men hugging... I try to shield myself by sticking out my hand to shake and everyone wants to hug.

Stealth Hunter · 06-01-09, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

That article is whacked, if anything, there's too much touching over here. Friends hugging, men hugging... I try to shield myself by sticking out my hand to shake and everyone wants to hug.

What, you don't do man-hugs?

nikimcbee · 06-01-09, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

And interesting article:

http://www.collegenews.org/x9278.xml

-S

Thank you sexual harassment rules.

I don't mind touch at all, especially if they are really cute! Then I'm all for it

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I touch my students all the time. A clap on the back when they've done well, a touch on the arm to get their attention. Course i'm dealing with adults not children. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Ever hear of the "Diplomatic Shuffle"? That happens when a person from a nation with a large personal space culture is talking to a person from a nation with a small personal space culture. As one person moves closer, the other person backs up, each trying to maintain the "correct" personal distance based on their culture. It can be quite funny to watch and quite annoying to participate in. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	That article is whacked, if anything, there's too much touching over here. Friends hugging, men hugging... I try to shield myself by sticking out my hand to shake and everyone wants to hug. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

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Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I'm not adverse to touch, I touch myself every night! :rotfl:

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Kapt Z Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ...somewhere in the swamps of Jersey. Posts: 909 Downloads: 157 Uploads: 0	What's the point of going to the prom if you can't feel up your date?