The way we use space is called proxemics. We mark and defend four kinds of territories, public, home, interaction and body, these territories can be encroached through contamination, violation, and invasion. The ways we arrange home and public territories affect the amount, flow, and kind of interaction that occur in these territories. Each of us varies in our attitudes to personal space, how close we prefer to be to other people. The extreme of personal closeness is touch.
All cultures regulate and forbid certain kinds oftouch.
E. Physical appearance and object language are two final nonverbal codes. All cultures favor certain body types and create stereotypes about the characteristics attached to them. People can be classed according to somatypes. North American cultural norms value men who are muscular and women who are slender. The objects or artifacts we display also send messages.