Affectionate touching
Friendship and physical contact in Jewish culture: the Sixth and Seventh Lubavitch Rebbes.
Touching may include:
Holding hands
Interlocking arms while walking
Bear hug: gently enclosing the arms around the trunk of each other or holding them against you
Sitting on, sitting near or lying against another person, resting one's head on the other's shoulder, lap, etc.
Caressing (petting): gently stroking body parts or hair with a hand
Cuddling (From Scots)
Massaging a part of, or the whole body
Kissing
Licking
When speaking of physical intimacy, touching is rarely violent, unless the participants enjoy BDSM. Then touching may include:
Whether a person is wearing clothing or is nude also plays a role. In particular, touching with clothing tends to be more intimate if the layer of clothing at the area of contact is thin and flexible. The layers may be reduced or eliminated even without undressing by touching under someone's clothes. Objects, especially hard or large ones, such as big buttons, zippers, piercings, jewellery, and objects in pockets, may somewhat obstruct intimate touching.
A cuddle party is a party where strangers cuddle, touch, caress, and massage, subject to rules such as no nudity, no hands under clothes, no French kisses and no dry humping or other sex.
National Hugging Day was founded on January 21, 1986. December 4 is considered International Hug Day.
Physical intimacy between a human and an animal may involve petting (caressing), hugging and playing.
Also a person, especially a child, may caress and hug a teddy bear or doll. There are also sex dolls, as a surrogate for a person.
A personal relationship that does not involve sexual behavior, e.g. friendship, may involve physical intimacy. This varies greatly. In western culture it is more common among female than among male friends; the latter may want to avoid associations with homosexuality. In other cultures, such as Arab culture, men may hold hands with no implication of homosexuality. Many East Asian cultures typically encourage relatively little body contact between friends, acquaintances, and members of the same sex. Even among family members and spouses, traditionally, there are fewer public displays of affection.
A man and a woman who are friends may avoid physical intimacy to avoid associations with sexuality or emotional intimacy, in order not to appear to be in a sexual relationship. This is especially true if one or both of them is already in such a relationship with another person.
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