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In reply to the discussion: Even if you're a "touchy, feely" guy, do NOT put your hands on a woman without her permission. [View all]DRoseDARs
(6,810 posts)Assuming or reacting to all touch from strangers as automatically being of ill-intent is contrary to social instincts developed over eons across the entire spectrum of social species in the animal kingdom. On an instinctual level, most animals know the difference between a social touch and a "I'm going to kill and/or eat you" or "I'm fighting and possibly killing you for that mate over there" touch. Our thinking brains have tacked on additional rules and habits over the millennia, but there's a change in the response to this innate behavior occurring. This hypersensitivity, and I recognize it in myself AND manage to control it, has been coming to the fore in recent years and I'm sure experts are delighted at the chance to witness and study a change in Human behavior in real-time.