The Power of Platonic Touch article by M. J. Coreil

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edited March 2018 in General

I just found an interesting article on platonic cuddling by anthropologist M. J. Coreil from January 2017:

The Power of Platonic Touch

A quote: "My experience in the touch community of Portland underscores two major challenges to legitimation of snuggling: the persistent association of peer touch generally, and snuggling in particular, with sexuality, and the pejorative image of people who attend snuggle events as psychosocially deficient in some way. I’ll address each of these in turn, then offer some ideas on what it may take to overcome these obstacles."

Comments

  • andy8502andy8502

    Very interesting and thought provoking. My impression so far is that the USA are far ahead of us here in the UK in accepting platonic cuddling as a accepted therapy. I may be wrong.

  • [Deleted User]MoonlightSonata (deleted user)

    This is a very interesting and insightful article. There are in fact a lot of taboos in society when it comes to cuddling, snuggling, and hugs. This seems odd as hugging is something most normal family members should be used to. I know that I was always hugged by my mom at least growing up and occasionally other relatives too. But maybe it isn't as common in the home anymore, which could explain why hugging outside of the home feels awkward to many people. It's interesting to see how even the emergence of technology has taken away the potential of human contact with many people. I believe that cuddling sites/ cuddling groups (like what was mentioned in the article) will be very important moving into the future, due to all of the social changes brought on by technology and other factors.

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