Traditional and evolutionary understandings of human behavior point to a larger prominence of hugging between humans, platonically, and with this: a significant increase in the comradery and overall happiness of the tribe as a whole.

The same way one can be naked without directly implying coitus, one may hug and snuggle un-sexually in a form of a care and support. Most crave to be sheltered and held, it is worth a thought to see the number of ‘sexually-starved’ individuals for whom instead truly just crave social conventions with the added touch and care minus the sexual connotations. A hug between the men, and the women as they see fit.

There are many things that may have changed for the better within this new age of technology and whatnot, this is one that would be best to go back the other way. Invoking the Christian doctrine of love and care, as Jesus loved and cared.

Merely a notion. Meditate.

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