Kissing, hand shaking or neither ?

Watching the TV I always get mad, when, on congratulating or being introduced to someone new, people shake the hands of men and close in for a kiss for the women.Is anyone else with me on this form of discrimination?
By all means greet how you like, if both comfortable with it, the continentals have got it right, its kissy kissy all round.,intimate and loving and non discriminatory.
In an interview setting, shaking hands is a polite way of greeting, fair enough, a lot can be conveyed on a shake of the hand.
Some people choose to hug and kiss upon greeting to denote friendship, a hug is always nice.
But I absolutely refute that, upon meeting a stranger your type of greeting changes, depending on the sex of the recipient. Its discriminating and wrong.
What does it say about the discriminator? Its saying 'Hi, your a man so I will shake your hand because I am slightly un-nerved by you and I will be polite, but if you are female, you are vulnerable and so I will get up close and plant my saliva on your face, because I can and I'm not scared by you because you are inferior.

So, my message is, men women, DON'T discriminate, it is de meaning it is wrong, it is not fair and it promotes discrimination. If you are going to shake hands with men , shake hands with women, if you are going (and have permission) to kiss women, then kiss men as well.

I personally prefer a handshake, or a hug. I don't like getting too close to people I don't know (and even people I do know) I'm funny like that, but if I found myself being introduce to a man ,who shook my husbands hand then stepped in close and went in for a kiss with me, believe you me they are going to get far far more than they bargained for, A Glasgow kiss, that might learn them, 'you want a kiss do you, try this on for size you discriminatory bastard' That may make them think about ever discriminating ever again.

1 comment:

  1. Entirely agree, it's been a bugbear of mine for ages too! I hug close friends and family if they are ok with it and/ or they approach me that way first, as the closeness is an expression of trust, love, companionship. I rarely kiss them, as that is too intimate.
    I DO NOT want to kiss or hug total strangers who I don't know,and why should I?
    TV / media is a lot to blame, promoting such actions and appearing to normalise it. Respect and courtesy tothe other person seems to have gone out the window!

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