Its always a great pleasure, being a kissee than a kisser, first
kiss of Cherry
In modern
Western culture, kissing is most commonly an expression of
affection. This is unlike many parts of the world where kissing may have different meanings. Some literatures even suggest that a significant percentage of humanity do not kiss.
[6] An anomaly is India, where public kissing was once quite popular, as evidenced by the common portrayal of kissing
apsaras and people in motifs commonly used around palaces and temples. British rule, and a
Victorian ethics system pushed public kissing into a taboo act. However, post-independence, public kissing is not uncommon in India.
In
Middle Eastern countries until recent times, kissing was only considered proper when between two men, two women, or parents kissing their children. Kissing was not looked upon as a sexual expression in the Middle East.
In
Sub Saharan African,
Asiatic,
Native American and
Polynesian cultures, kissing was relatively unknown until introduced by
European and Western influence.
[7]With the Andamanese, kissing was only used as a sign of affection towards children and had no sexual undertones.
[8]In Eastern European countries until recent times, kissing between two men on the lips as a greeting or a farewell was as normal as the modern Western handshake[
citation needed]. This custom has nearly died out due to Western influence. In the past, kissing wasn't considered sexual in
Slavic and
Muslim countries.
A Vietnamese romantic kiss
Between people of close acquaintance, a
reciprocal kiss often is offered as a
greeting or
farewell. This kind of kiss is typically made by brief contact of puckered lips to the skin of the
cheek or no contact at all, and merely performed in the air near the cheek with the cheeks touching. Such kissing is a common greeting in European and Latin American countries between a
man and a
woman or between two women but also by two men in parts of
Europe, the
Middle East and
Latin America, such as
Argentina. However, in most Western societies, it is often more acceptable for women to kiss each other than for men to kiss each other. People sometimes kiss children to comfort them or show affection, and vice versa. This usually takes place on the forehead or cheek.
As an expression of romantic affection or kissing involves two people pressing their lips together, usually with much more intensity, and for a considerably longer period of time. In more passionate kissing couples may open their mouths, suck on each other's lips or move their
tongues into each others' mouths (see
French kiss). Sexual kissing may also involve one person kissing another on various parts of the body (see
Foreplay).
In some countries
kissing booths exist; often at carnivals a person kisses people for money.
