Shaking hands: a sign of trust or a ghastly custom? | Letters
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Readers respond to Polly Hudson’s article decrying physical contact on meeting friends or strangersI’ve just read Polly Hudson’s piece about shaking hands and I disagree (Teenagers are calling time on the handshake. I salute them, from a safe distance, theguardian.com, 26 April). A hand contact is an open gesture, a mark of trust. It is meant to transmit our humanity. Being human is about learning to connect with each other and that can mean leaving our comfort zone, making the first step – or p
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