Touch me the right way daddy…
Have you ever thought of the right ways to touch
children?? The book suggest that haptic/
touch send different messages to boys and girls (P 145). The book says that
parents tend to touch daughters more gently and often than they do their
sons. Do you have kids?? Do you do as
the book states?? I feel that parents and society and all other agents of
socialization instill these thoughts and feeling in children. All cultures are
different, in our culture we believe that it appropriate to touch children on
the head. However in Asian culture it is considered in appropriate to do such a
thing. Here is an article that talks about this further along with other nonverbal.
The article talks about how in the Middle East the left hand
is the hand that is reserved for bodily hygiene and that it should not touch
any other objects for any matter. The article
also talks about the Muslim culture and how touch between the opposite sexes is
also inappropriate. Reading this article
I just realize how our families and cultures play such a huge role on our
beliefs. In class we discussed touch and
the differences in touch between boys and girls. I remember Cassie sharing that
she had a No! No! Square. It’s interesting
to hear all the stories of how life lessons were learned when we were younger.
I feel that if we were raised in believing that something was okay or that
something was wrong, that is what we would believe. If we were taught that it is okay for people
to touch us curtain ways; we would believe and teach our children that way of
life....Right?? This whole topic makes me think of sexual abuse. Do you think touch has anything to do with
sexual abuse?? I feel that touch and the way you were raised has everything to
do with sexual abuse. If we believed that there was nothing wrong with touch, sexual
abuse wouldn’t really matter right; would it even be mentioned anymore??
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