The kiss can be a form of greeting or a manifestation of affection.
Kiss is the act and result of kissing : pressing or brushing another person with a movement of the lips as a greeting or as a manifestation of affection. In certain particular cases the kiss can have other meanings.
A word of Celtic origin derived from the Latin basium , which later came to our language as kiss. For example: “Last night, when we left the movie theater, Ezequiel kissed me on the mouth,” “Before I go to bed, I'll stop by your room and give you a kiss,” “Hello Juanito! “Aren’t you going to kiss me?” .
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The most common kisses are those given on the cheek or lips . In some countries it is common for people to greet each other with a kiss on the cheek, even when there is no trust. In Argentina , to cite one case, two men who barely know each other can kiss each other on the cheek to greet each other. The kiss, in these cases, would be equivalent to a handshake, although with less formality.
This can be very difficult to understand in other countries, especially due to machismo issues. It is necessary to remember that we should never assume that a person we have just met or whom we see on the street is heterosexual, just because we believe that this is the most normal sexual orientation ; If we see two men on the street, they may well be a couple and therefore we should not expect them to shake hands when greeting each other.
On the other hand, it is unfortunate that narrow-mindedness leads us to think that there is something wrong with a man kissing another but that we accept the same situation between two women without any problem. If we stripped ourselves of cultural issues and social impositions for a couple of seconds, and applied logic exclusively to these reasonings, they would seem absurd and contradictory to us.
Kisses on the lips are usually limited to the romantic partner.
Types of kiss
Kisses on the lips, on the other hand, are usually limited to romantic partners, although they can also take place between parents and children, for example, in various cultures. It is common for two people who are dating or married to greet each other with a kiss on the mouth. There are, in this context, different types of kisses, which allow various intentions to be revealed.
If those who kiss each other on the lips open their mouths and make their tongues come into contact, they are giving themselves a French kiss . This type of kiss generates erotic stimulation and usually leads to a sexual relationship.
Kisses on the hand (as a form of gallantry), kisses on the foot (reflect submission) and kisses on the neck (as an erotic game) are other types of kisses between human beings .
Beyond human beings
It should be noted that kisses, in the sense of a contact that is made with the mouth and has some purpose, also exist in other species of animals , such as primates and birds. Dogs and cats, for their part, give kisses in a different way, or at least that's how we humans interpret it: they lick the other individual repeatedly, either in the mouth or in other parts of the body, and thus express different emotions and transmit particular messages.
Observation of wolves, for example, has shown that some pups kiss their parents on the mouth to ask for their approval when they want to do something that is not very popular with them or to show their submission. In our relationship with human beings, when wolves or dogs kiss us, we tend to think that they show us their love , and we return this with kisses, hugs and caresses.