Is Kissing In The African Culture?

We too show shy and stiff to show Love and caring in Africa entirely, not only 9ijaa. the best u can see is some Dad hugging the Mum.

Then watch out for the Mum, pretending again or showing some girlie attitude. I get confused too with all that.

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Posted: at 1-02-2010 01:31 PM (15 years ago) | Hero

  yeah the thing is somehow confusing

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Posted: at 1-02-2010 01:45 PM (15 years ago) | Addicted Hero

In Africa, ordinary shaking of hands is not a part of our culture, winking, teasing, foreplay etc are not a part of our culture either. I wonder if smiling is a part of it. So kissing is a borrowed culture. Rmbr in those days, u have to stand at the corner of the bush and wait till she comes back from the stream, then u corner her and give her what she wants. Now that's culture.

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Posted: at 1-02-2010 02:03 PM (15 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Ok

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Posted: at 1-02-2010 02:18 PM (15 years ago) | Addicted Hero

right (H)

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Posted: at 1-02-2010 02:37 PM (15 years ago) | Hero

kaiiii so u say black nede kiss before???plsssss
we r all humans not depense on the colour some1 is kissin.

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Posted: at 1-02-2010 03:19 PM (15 years ago) | Hero

yes Is not in our culture

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Posted: at 1-02-2010 04:01 PM (15 years ago) | Addicted Hero

hehehehe

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Posted: at 1-02-2010 04:05 PM (15 years ago) | Hero

This must be the new kissing in Vogue

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Posted: at 1-02-2010 04:09 PM (15 years ago) | Hero

LEARN @ TOPIC

Her eyes are wide as they stare into yours. You wrap your arm around her waist and pull her in close. She touches your face and you lean in, tilt your head – to the right, of course – and your lips connect. The rushing sensation leaves you little room to wonder, “Why the hell am I doing this anyway?”

Of course, the simplest answer is that humans kiss because it just feels good. But there are people for whom this explanation isn’t quite sufficient. They formally study the anatomy and evolutionary history of kissing and call themselves philematologists.

So far, these kiss scientists haven’t conclusively explained how human smooching originated, but they’ve come up with a few theories, and they’ve mapped out how our biology is affected by a passionate lip-lock.

A big question is whether kissing is learned or instinctual. Some say it is a learned behavior, dating back to the days of our early human ancestors. Back then, mothers may have chewed food and passed it from their mouths into those of their toothless infants. Even after babies cut their teeth, mothers would continue to press their lips against their toddlers’ cheeks to comfort them.

Supporting the idea that kissing is learned rather than instinctual is the fact that not all humans kiss. Certain tribes around the world just don’t make out, anthropologists say. While 90 percent of humans actually do kiss, 10 percent have no idea what they’re missing.

Others believe kissing is indeed an instinctive behavior, and cite animals’ kissing-like behaviors as proof. While most animals rub noses with each other as a gesture of affection, others like to pucker up just like humans. Bonobos, for example, make up tons of excuses to swap some spit. They do it to make up after fights, to comfort each other, to develop social bonds, and sometimes for no clear reason at all – just like us.

Today, the most widely accepted theory of kissing is that humans do it because it helps us sniff out a quality mate. When our faces are close together, our pheromones “talk” – exchanging biological information about whether or not two people will make strong offspring. Women, for example, subconsciously prefer the scent of men whose genes for certain immune system proteins are different from their own. This kind of match could yield offspring with stronger immune systems, and better chances for survival.

Still, most people are satisfied with the explanation that humans kiss because it feels good. Our lips and tongues are packed with nerve endings, which help intensify all those dizzying sensations of being in love when we press our mouths to someone else’s. Experiencing such feelings doesn’t usually make us think too hard about why we kiss – instead, it drives us to find ways to do it more often.

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Posted: at 1-02-2010 04:19 PM (15 years ago) | Hero