Romantic kisses are not welcome in most cultures – Chilevision

passionate kisses immortalized in movies, songs or novels as a barometer of romantic affection are not designed in the same way in most cultures but in some it is an awkward demonstration or even repulsive.

According to the researcher, Justin Garcia, the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University United States has conducted a new study, published in the journal American Anthropologist- in which they nalizaron 168 cultures around the world to better understand where you kiss and where not.

Research has found less than half (46%) of all cultures analyzed express romantic love and / or sex with kisses on the lips.

“ were brainstorming the hypothesis that some cultures would not use kissing as a romantic or sexual expression or it would be a rare show privacy but were surprised to find that in most cultures was analyzed as í “said Garcia, who is also assistant gender studies in Bloomington Institute of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University professor explains.

romantic kisses are more prevalent in the Middle East, as it appeared in ten of the cultures studied. In North America, 55 percent of cultures included a romantic kiss, as did 70 percent in Europe and 73 percent in Asia.

But there was no evidence of romantic kisses Central America, and no ethnographer working in sub-Saharan Africa with new collectors or Guinean horticultural or Amazon reported no evidence of romantic kisses in the populations studied, according to the study.

The research conducted by Garcia and colleagues also found a relationship between social complexity and kisses. The more complex and socially stratified a society is, the greater the frequency of romantic kisses

Interest in the study grew by interest the role of intimate contact and kissing in romantic and sexual lives of people. Recent work on the subject defended the universality of erotic kisses, ensuring that 90 percent of companies kisses as an expression of love is used.

“ There will likely be a foundation biological in the act of kissing, because it can often involve the exchange of pheromones and saliva and pathogens, which could be particularly dangerous in societies without oral hygiene, where kisses can lead to the spread of respiratory diseases or other “explains the study.

But this is only in societies that have incorporated the kiss as part of their romantic and sexual repertoires. The reason why this incorporation occurs is still an open question research

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