Talk:Physical intimacy

message: Who decides this scale of "increasing degree"?
:The order of the four items is more or less a matter of logic: sexual penetration implies touching intimate parts, touching intimate parts implies touching, touching implies closeness. - Patrick 20:29, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Also kissing used as a greeting would come before hugging, cuddling, and massage
The order of the sub-items in the 2nd main item was not intended to be relevant, I guess that is more personal, and e.g. for kissing, depends on how it is done.--Patrick 17:04, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)

text: It felt relevant, but I attempted something to fix that. I would add though that "increasing degree" is a cultural bias, and that many people in "Western culture" as well as everybody in many other cultures would consider some types of "outercourse" "non-penetration" practices (e.g. oral sex cunnilingus) to be much more intimate than intercourse. So with permission (or abstention), I would totally remove this statement. --Valmi ✒ 04:11, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Scale

message: It seems to me that the most recent (not-logged-in) author has been writing increasingly more suggestive prose in an effort to find out how much he can get away with.  I think it should be rolled back to around October 10.
--GraemeMcRae 21:05, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Has this article jumped the shark? 

message: spring cleaning! Maybe some content addition/alteration later--Elizabeth of North Carolina 05:00, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: just a little...

message: I think we should remove sexual intimacy from the "Other forms of intimacy" section, as sexual and physical intimacy are basically the same thing. At least, that's how I perceive it. Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺</sub></span> 06:30, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sexual intimacy 

message: Why are there only images of artworks, a sculpture and a painting? I find it hard to believe that there are no photos available of real people engaged in the mentioned activities (Examples of physical intimacy include being inside someone's personal space, holding hands, hugging, kissing, caressing, and sexual activity). There should be heaps and heaps of pictures of young couples sitting on benches in the park and people hugging, they're a staple of  stock photography.  I'd do it myself but my legalese is insufficient, I'm sure someone knows of some photolibrary or perhaps a photographer that is willing to lend a few pictures?81.83.152.111 (talk) 00:32, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Imagery 

message: It says that skinship(word used mostly in Japan and Korea) means the intimacy...blahblah, between a mother and a child.. and then gives examples, one of them being a mother touching a child in a bath or something like that. Skinship is not always between a mother and a child. People usually use the word to describe the intimacy between two people who are... in love, the intimacy between a boyfriend and a girlfriend for example. The word is not used to describe the intimacy(?) between a mother and a child, and also, it's not usually used to describe "sex". I don't quite get why the author(?)/writer, whatever, even mentioned sex. "Skinship" is used to describe the intimacy in a sexual relationship but not specifically sex.  (haha, reading over what I just wrote, I think I repeated some words a lot...=P)  -- BEASTxITxUP (talk) 08:55, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Skinship 

message: I do not know about other countries, but skinship in Korea is very common in purely platonic friendships, whether its hugging, holding hands, caressing or kissing on cheeks. Areas covered here are sexual and mother/child relationships. Unfortunately, I do not have any suitable sources to back this up other than personal experience. I think it is worth a look? 94.193.61.168 (talk) 08:14, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Skinship in Korea 

message: Interestingly, a pat on the back links to physical intimacy. There is nothing sensual to it, since the intention is totally different. Shouldn't this redirect be removed? 
Argoneon (talk) 13:56, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pat on the back 

message: I feel that starting a separate page for Skinship, initially using the current content here, would be beneficial for at least two reasons:
* Here, it would allow some of the language considerations not directly related to the topic of this page to be edited down for better focus. 
* The separate page would allow more exploration of the concept within far Eastern culture without creating a POV fork. —MistyMorn (talk) 12:12, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Propose an NPOV [[Skinship]] fork 

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message: Emotional intimacy involves a perception of closeness to another, sharing of personal feelings, and personal validation.[2] Sophia051 (talk) 11:55, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Emotional and physical intimacy 

message: romantic relationships having increased physical intimacy. Several forms of romantic touch have been noted including holding m. Physical affection Sophia051 (talk) 11:57, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Physical affection