Talk:Hug

message: Should a new section about the health benefits of hugging be made?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.10.133.58 (talk) 16:35, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Section? 

message: hug should be an extra article in many cultures thi8s is a big deal.--yidi 14:43, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: (untitled)

message: magical properties???  citation please. Kit O'Connell (Todfox: user / talk / contribs) 06:51, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: [] .V. [Talk|Email] 18:10, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV

message: Unless there's a good reason to think that the origins of the hug can be traced to a specific time and place, maybe the article should just be mute on the subject. --24.147.86.187 19:46, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There has got to be somewhere talking either about the origin of the hug, or how it has been studied as a common form of expression in unconnected cultures (like native americans and Europeans when they first landed). Im surprised this topic is so neglected, while i think something regarding origin is a big need-to-have there are so many things lacking from this article. - Debeo Morium: to be morally bound (Talk | Contribs) 21:03, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Origins of the hug

message: "Many people hug on holidays, such as Mother's Day, or Christmas."
Seems a bit silly to put this in. I'm not saying it's untrue, but people hug for tons of reasons. Graduations, after not seeing each other for a while, etc. I don't know why we're calling out holidays. Does this warrant a list of "typical reasons to hug?"
Drewmutty (talk) 08:48, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, I went ahead and removed it. Maybe someone wants to resurrect this and other original research in a page called list of occasions upon which people might hug. maxsch (talk) 23:48, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hugs on holidays? 

message: I fixed up Shepherd Jr. High's controversy part, by source and by experience as a current student at Shepherd Jr. High (March 5th, 2008) as well as reading the newspaper article on the front page that explained the situation. Thecutnut (talk) 09:43, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Shepherd Jr. High Controversy

message: There was a lot of nonsense on this page. I moved Groping and Tree hugging to the see also section. The CDC does not single out hugging as mode of transmitting SARS, rather SARS (like many contagious diseases) can be transmitted by close contact. Hugging is clearly close contact, but the specificity of the line about SARS is misleading, so I took it out too. The prehistoric hug is cute but not encyclopedic: removed. The bit about hugging and the female brain is controversial and I'm removing it for lack of independent scientific support, some of Louann Brizendine's other numbers in the book that this supposedly comes from are not from her own research and turn out to be false (see, for example, the claim that women use more words than men: it's not true!). I'm not sure what to do about the school controversy, some of the links in it were dead and it is really not about hugs or hugging per se, it is more about American hysteria about child sexuality and exploitation. It seems like it really belongs elsewhere...maybe in its own page, or nowhere... maxsch (talk) 19:43, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup

message: I think we should add Hand Hug for the see also Section (Arian19 (talk) 06:22, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Let's work out one thing at a time, and wait until the CSD on Hand Hug is resolved.  P Carn (talk) 06:23, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hand Hug

message: What's the nonsense about James Corden's dog.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.10.16.107 (talk) 16:52, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dog 

message: i believe in the positive and healing effects of a loving hug
i believe relationship are improving if people feel free to hug eachother
i believe even therapy gives with hugs can do so much of healing in lifes of people
i am really EXCITED about communication with a hug
Hugtherapy (talk) 12:54, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  hugtherapy 

message: The bit about Himba people is without any reference, and the only mentions I can find on the internet that Himba people supposedly don't see hugging as affection are people referring to *this* article and its unsubstantiated info. What's more, here's a picture of Himba girls embracing and smiling. http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4082/4942315938_2b1d9b161e_z.jpg  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gatero (talk • contribs) 22:00, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Himba people 

message: Why doesn't cuddling have its own article? Benjamin (talk) 03:06, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cuddling  

message: Please add some history. I can't remember seeing friends hug in a movie of the 40s.--89.12.125.184 (talk) 23:43, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  History Section 

message: Zverolen (talk) 06:39, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: References

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message: "In 2014, British sociologists Eric Anderson and Mark McCormack published a study which shows that 93% of British heterosexuals student-athletes had spooned or cuddled with a male friend, as a sign of friendship."
That can't be true. There's no way such a high number of people in Britain are gay, (even if they oddly claim to be straight). It looks like propaganda and should be removed.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Griefslams (talk • contribs) 10:18, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nonsense in cuddling section 

message: The lead of this article states that Hugging is universal in human communities while a sentence below in the Characteristics section states "Unlike some other types of physical contact, a hug can be practiced publicly and privately without stigma in many countries, religions and cultures, within families, and also across age and gender lines". However, I'm not entirely sure I agree with either of those statements especially the second one, because hugging of the opposite sex in Islamic countries (especially in most of the conservative Arab nations) would definitely be stigmatised publically unless it was between members of the same family. I also doubt hugging is very common in conservative Hindu/Buddhist cultures and in some of the East Asian countries (e.g. China and Japan) unless it was between people who know each other well. Maybe privately it would be practiced without any stigma but definitely not publically so I would suggest rewording those bits or maybe giving more information on cultures where hugging is stigmatised (like the example I've given for Islam cultures and the East Asian countries). I might do it myself later if I get time although I would be grateful if anyone else can do it before I do. Does anyone else agree with this? Broman178 (talk) 19:58, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Hugging really universal among all communities? 

message: * What I think should be changed:
These edits should be reverted https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hug&diff=1061598829&oldid=1061439915https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hug&diff=1061599138&oldid=1061598829
* Why it should be changed:
WP:SOCK: Erez Ben-Ari was using sock puppets to promote himself and his business, please see investigation archived here  which concluded in blocking all his accounts. BillShearim, NCSFreedom, and BenAriAtMicrosoft all belong to Erez as recorded here .
WP:COI: Erez has added his own business "Hugz & Cuddles" to this article (as BillSeharim).  This is self-promotion and conflict of interest.  Erez Ben-Ari's page and his self-authored Hugz & Cuddles page ware previously deleted  due to some of the same violations as well lack of notability.
PressSourceCheck (talk) 05:01, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: . I did leave one of the citations because it seemed to help support the prior sentance, and the section had no citation at all. Grorp (talk) 02:34, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request 7 November 2022 

message: The redirect 🤗 has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.  Edward-Woodrow :) [talk] 11:42, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
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message: Seems from this article that hugging and cuddling is unique to humans, though it seems to me that other ape species also hug, and cuddling occurs in many species and between species. Exjerusalemite (talk) 17:14, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  other species 

message: This one: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hug&diff=1183403528&oldid=1183165424&variant=en
The issue about this paragraph is it does not represent entire India's culture, not even South India. I live in Tamil Nadu, a state nearby Kerela where the "culture" is similar. It is highly unlikely for something like this to happen in a well developed city like Banglore. Currently hugging between opposite genders is an accepted thing in many schools, and there are many schools that don't allow it. You can't generalise based on one story. Outside schools, in the urban areas, nobody would care if two people of opposite gender hug each other. However, in the rural areas, two people of opposite gender hugging is not a common thing. If they see two outsiders in their village of the opposit gender hugging each other, they probably wouldn't care. But if it was someone they knew, it is not welcome. I have seen and heard many stories of what happened to such people and I don't want to bore you with the details (however if you want to know, just reply) but that doesn't mean it is the right thing over there. All started due to the degeneracy and ignorance of shallow and narrow minded people and that need not be discussed in an educational site like Wikipedia.
For additional context: https://youtube.com/watch?v=EpCUmJM89fk ShobanChiddarth (talk) 02:43, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Explanation of my recent edit removing the last paragraph of "Cultural Aspects"