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I assume kissing comes from a parent chewing up food and then transferring it to the baby. This is innate “caring” behavior. Similarly, mammary glands are for
by cheque 11mo ago
I assume kissing comes from a parent chewing up food and then transferring it to the baby.
This is innate “caring” behavior.
Similarly, mammary glands are for providing milk/nutrition.
These get associated with primal needs and therefore the amygdala, and so is associated with strong emotion.
- weatherlite 11mo agoChew your meat for you, pass it back and forth In a passionate kiss from my mouth to yours I like you
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- jswelker 11mo agoThe song is 34 years old my friend.
- fluoridation 11mo agoIt was a terrible day 34 years ago.
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- nozzlegear 11mo agoYou think your ancestors were monkeys. I think my ancestors were something like monkeys. We are not the same.
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- jswelker 11mo agoOne hacker to another says "I'm lucky to've met you."
- weregiraffe 11mo agoOr, kissing is just a subset of skin to skin touching, using sensitive body parts. Not so different from holding hands.
- jimkleiber 11mo agoHolding hands may also be from when babies latch on and don't let go because of the necessity of holding on to the parent. My friend's 2 year old grabbed my hand recently and it reminded me of their iron grip.
- weregiraffe 11mo agoAnd choking fetish naturally stems from the desire to strangle an annoying baby. /s
- rapnie 11mo agoYes, there's also the "Eskimo kiss" in Inuit culture. Rubbing noses together, as a climate adjusted habit. From Wikipedia: > Rather, it is a non-erotic but intimate greeting used by people who, when they meet outside, often have little except their nose and eyes exposed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo_kiss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo_kiss
- weregiraffe 11mo agoAny touch can be erotic, depending on the context. That's why I'm skeptical about kissing being special. People have sex with their entire bodies, not just using genitals.
- dyauspitr 11mo agoI think it’s a lot simpler. It’s touching parts of the body that have a lot of nerve endings. Lips, fingers and hands, genitals, noses etc.