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Old 8th March 2005, 10:12
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[quote]Originally posted by Ghazala
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Originally posted by HOUDA-K

On holidays I said salam to my cousin - just like I used to by reaching out my hand, and he literally turned round and left the room, and I was WHAT??? I was told later that it was because he now considered me a grown-up woman....and I ended up taking the whole situation as a compliment....
I'm sorry but don't you find that a bit much? You are related after all. Surely its like shaking your sister's hand? I'm not referring to your cousin, but I do think that excessive avoidance of the other sex means people end up thinking MORE about sex. What do you think? Just my opinion

Ghazala, I think you're absolutely right. The more you focus on the gender the more you risk the opposite result i.e. people are reduced to sex objects instead of indivuals. As long as everyone behave decently and respect eachother's limits, I would say handshaking is rather innocent. But again it depends on how clean your thoughts are.....
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