Comments on: Is Romantic Kissing A Human Universal? https://www.isegoria.net/2017/02/is-romantic-kissing-a-human-universal/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:25:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Faze https://www.isegoria.net/2017/02/is-romantic-kissing-a-human-universal/comment-page-1/#comment-2541287 Faze Wed, 15 Feb 2017 03:35:44 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41402#comment-2541287 There were no cultural incentives in the room the first time I kissed a girl, but I knew for a fact it was the greatest thing that had happened to me up to that point, and I made a note to myself to do lots more of it in years to come.

]]> By: Anonymous Bible-Citer https://www.isegoria.net/2017/02/is-romantic-kissing-a-human-universal/comment-page-1/#comment-2541090 Anonymous Bible-Citer Tue, 14 Feb 2017 13:21:05 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41402#comment-2541090 The Bible mentions kissing in a few dozen cases, but I’m not sure if they’re older than that Veda…

The first few are in Genesis:
*) Issac kisses his son Jacob (to test smell of Esau, but Jacob wore Esau’s clothes)
*) Laban kisses Jacob as a greeting (some commentaries claim greedy Laban was checking for jewels in Jacob’s mouth, but Jacob had lost all his wealth escaping an assassination attempt)
*) Jacob kisses Rachael (probably romantically this time?)

Song of Songs has romantic kissing, and Proverbs has prostitute kissing, but these would have been written later.

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