Some people are uncomfortable with touchers. Should they set the rules?

Norms governing touch are headed to a place where they can cause harm, says McGlone, who studies C-tactile afferents, the nerve fibers that respond to gentle touch. If lots of people continue to accept hugging and other kinds of nonsexualized social touch as something they’re comfortable with (even if they’re not enthusiastic about it), then the norm will and should remain with the huggers, especially considering that biology loves a gentle touch. Biden himself was quick to adopt the “shifting norms” narrative in the video he posted on Twitter following the complaints about his flesh-seeking hands: “Social norms have begun to change.

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