Defining Relationships Friendship & Dating

Friends usually will engage in various forms of physical contact, at times spontaneous and other times of a ritualized nature. This is often used as an outward symbol of their friendship. The form and context of the physical contact has varied historically, culturally, and developmentally. In the West, these manifestations, with the exception of the more formal ones, can be seen with greater frequency among young children, opposite sex friends, and among female friends. In the East they are more equally distributed.

Types:-
*Handshakes. This is a more formalized type of contact, frequent among older individuals and only denoting feelings of friendship if emphasized.
*Holding hands
*High five
*Hugging
**Pound hug:- This embrace, primarily used by young males, has become popular among Western subgroups because it expresses affection while maintaining a remote posture, so as to preclude any homosexuality|homosexual connotations.
*Walking arm-in-arm
*Placing an arm over the other's shoulder or waist
*Kissing
*Eskimo kissing
*Imitation of fight (e.g. a punch on the shoulder, most common among young males)

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