Talk:Handshake

message: It's normal in Britain to handshake. I can only assume a non-Brit wrote that...
Maybe handshaking isn't that common down south, but in the midlands, the north and Scotland you're expected to handshake quite often. Especially in formal situations.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.237.144.70 (talk) 10:38, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: The British do handshake, quite a lot.

message: In the Netherlands, there was considerable debate after a (male) Muslim imam refused to shake hands with a female politician. There was also a school that tried to keep out a female Muslim because she refused to shake hands with men. Basis for those refusals was, I believe, that their interpretation of the Islamic faith considers it improper to physically touch people of the opposite sex. Does this deserve a mention here? --Raboof 14:20, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: To the best of my knowledge, in islam they don't shake hands with the other sex because it loses them their Wuduu'(a cleaning they have to do before prayer) but there was also something by their prophet that said "it'd be better for me to touch glowing iron than the skin of a woman".
Perhaps, but so do other customs or religions- correct me if I'm wrong but the Jewish doctrine of Shomon Negiah keeps some orthodox Jews from shaking hands with members of the opposite sex. It is partly a matter of interpretation and sometimes Muslims such as myself shake hands with members of the opposite sex knowing it may not be halal, but feeling the offense too minor for all intensive purposes. I'm not quite satisified with the mention made to shaking hands with members ofthe opposite sex- but I'm more concerned with the origins of handshaking. Angrynight 04:10, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

text: Yes, you are right about the jewish doctrine. I rememeber seeing in CNN an interview with a jewish rapper who refused to shake hands with the lady who interviewed him because supposedly its not allowed. Regarding the history of handshaking, we were taught in our schools in yemen, that the yemeni's invented that. However, I have no sources to prove that. But someone else (not me) knew about this and posted it in the main article. Another user then deleted it and moved it here in the discussion page.
Jidan 05:26, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Muslims refusing to shake hands 

message: Isn't the handshake gesture of Ancient Persian origen?
Persians were the only eastern civilization that used Handshaking as a form of greeting.
Yes
NO, it was generally a semitic tradition, but mostly yemenian. The persian greetings were similiar to the north indians and didnt involve handshaking. Jidan 10:04, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Nonsense, you are a arabic nationalist! --84.191.193.56 11:58, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

text: "History
The handshake is originally a Yemeni pre-islamic tradition, which spread with the expansion of the Islamic empire. The New Testament, in the Book of Galatians reflects the narration of St. Paul, that, upon his visit to Jerusalem he met with James, Cephas (Peter), and John, who each gave him, upon his leaving, the "right hand of friendship." See Galatians 2:9.  Galatians has been dated by scholars as between 48 C.E. and 58 C.E.  This suggests a usage well known in the Graeco-Roman world several centuries before the Islamic handshake.
It was brought into practice in its present form in Western society by English Quakers in 17th century as a more egalitarian and simpler alternative to the complex  greeting etiquette of the contemporary higher social classes.  Thomas Jefferson is often accredited with popularizing the technique during his tenure in the White House, displacing the bow as a more democratic greeting.  Today the handshake is known and practiced throughout the world, though in many cultures alternative customs for greeting, such as bowing or cheek kissing are still preferred in some situations."
I can't wait any longer, remvoed from article. Please provide a source if you insist that this is true. --Kash 23:01, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Western European or Ancient Persian tradition? 

message: Can we get a source for the section on buyers slapping each others' faces? This seems very peculiar. --Impaciente 23:06, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Source for cattle section?

message: If I recall correctly, handshaking was commonly used in the middle ages to see if the person entering the court (at feasts and celebrations) had a concealed weapon such as a dagger, in his palm. Maybe this'd be worth noting in the article? Stealth 11:13, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Handshaking as a defense method? 

message: In reference to the sentence about it being impolite to refuse to shake hands, this comes to mind:
Handshake is always offered by someone senior, in higher position, or a woman. Too many US movies show this incorrectly, and it seems it is lost on many... One does not offer to shake hands with the Queen, only she can. Wikiak 02:34, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Those are corner cases. The person who extends their hand first (if one person is first) is the initiator, otherwise it is mutually initiated, the more common case. A more real/relevant issue is what about refusal/alternatives to hand shaking. I've seen people and I think with good cause refuse the custom, and perhaps some mention of the fact that both hands need to be bare or gloved and in general a gloved handshake is considered a compromised one, you're supposed to take them off so it's skin-skin. 72.228.190.243 (talk) 22:15, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who Initiates a Handshake? 

message: what? in Western countries! --AnY FOUR! 16:03, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  in anglophone countries? 

message: Look it up it, the relief is called the Assyrian .  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gaetuli nomad (talk • contribs) 00:53, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: New sections go at the bottom, and burden of proof is on the person who makes the claim, not everyone else. Ian.thomson (talk) 01:23, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mesopotamian handshake predates the Greek handshake 

message: While the passage is correct on the fact that a handshake is rarely performed by opposite sexes and men shaking hands with women can be considered impolite, hand-kissing is not preferred for greeting a lady in almost any situation in Russia. I believe the habit has fallen out of use since the early decades of the 20th century.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.234.37.98 (talk) 08:46, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  Do you think women in Russia care? 101.178.163.208 (talk) 07:02, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hand-kissing is not the preferred way to greet a woman in Russia 

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message: "Using the Left hand is generally considered proper etiquette".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 43.225.61.210 (talk) 02:50, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism?