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This 5 page paper examines the begining of romantic relationships and investigates whether women or men do more touching at this stage. The conclusion of this paper is that women do more touching, and this is supported with a variety of evidence and studies. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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of romantic relationships, touch is especially significant, given that touch encompasses several meanings. However, relationships which are newly forming tend to not be equal in terms of dominance -
meaning that one individual tends to have less of the power while the other individual has more. This isnt necessarily manifested negatively, meaning that having less power doesnt have
to mean that that individual is oppressed. For this reason, I believe that in terms of the beginning of a relationship between and man and a woman, that the
woman typically uses touch more in nonverbal communication. I believe also that this happens in an effort for the woman to establish her likeability and her approachability. It
is my opinion that the woman in a relationship tends to be more expressive of her emotions and more easily given to expressing those emotions, and therefore would respond in
the early days of a relationship with more touch than her partner. To evaluate the soundness of this hypothesis it
is important to consult prominent studies on the matter, and to decide if women indeed use touch more frequently to express their emotions. Furthermore, it is important to establish
that women indeed express their emotions more readily than men, and therefore the use of touch is merely an extension of this reality.
One important study in terms of this question is one which was conducted at Valdosta State University in Georgia (Griffin, McGahee and Slate, 2003). Essentially, this study sought
to determine gender differences in nonverbal communication (Griffin, McGahee and Slate, 2003). Interestingly, the study concluded that 57.8 percent of the females touched others more than males touched others
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