Posts tagged: unwanted touch
The Arm-Grabber: When Touch Is Used to Make a Point
The person who grabs your arm or wrist mid-conversation for emphasis. A specific form of unwanted contact that often happens too fast to address in the moment.
The Relative Who Always Touches Your Face or Hair
This specific kind of unwanted contact reads as affection to the person doing it. It doesn't always land that way. What to say to someone who genuinely means well.
Strangers Who Touch Pregnant Bellies
Why this happens, what assumptions drive it, and what the person being touched is allowed to do about it.