Why do we shake hands with people?
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It is believed that handshaking originated during the Roman Empire, when people would grasp eachother at the elbow rather than the hand as a gesture of trust, showing that they are not carrying any weapons beneath their sleeves.
Its a way of greeting people
To Show Greeting...
its a friendly polite way to say hello.
no idea, now u got me thinking, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
To establish a physical connection and to give a warm welcome/goodbye.
to see how it feels
For thanking or congratulating.
well u wouldnt wanna kiss a man would ja?
it shows respect and politeness
cos meeting someone and swapping bodily fluids is not always appropriate
custom
As a near-universal gesture of "accommodation" handshaking is a relatively new cultural behavior. Its original purpose was to prove to others you were coming "open-handed" and unarmed.
Its an old custom to prove your not holding a sword or knife etc as all swordsmen were trained right handed.
it started as a friendly gesture to show our hands were empty and we were not carrying any weapons.
A handshake is a short ritual in which two people grasp their right or left hands, often accompanied by a brief shake of the grasped hands. It is commonly done upon meeting, departing, offering congratulations, or completing an agreement. Its purpose is to demonstrate good will, and possibly originated as a gesture showing that the hand holds no weapon. Men are more likely to shake hands than women, however in business situations it is considered the standard greeting for both sexes.
shaking hands is better then kissing like the french!
The same reason dogs sniff each other!
Historically used to show that both people were unarmed
its greeting people
eww I dont shake hands I dont know where they have been
It is one of several ways we demonstrate that we are not holding a weapon in that hand and therefore are no threat and come in peace.
It is a throwback almost to our caveman heritage.
The military salute is a throwback to armored knights raising their visors to show they did not intend to fight.
because if we shook our heads people would get confused
This actually goes back hundreds of years - it is meant to be very vigorous so that if the other person is hiding a knife under their shirt sleeve it will pop out. Not having the knife pop out meant you could trust them not to stab you with one. at least that was the theory. This goes back to the days of knights in armor, but there may be other origins as well.
to keep him/ her at a distance, or else they may hug u
Why not rub the hips, for instance,eh? Very baffling question indeed! You try a different version of greeting and I will join your cult, dont want to dirty my hands all the time anyway.
to say hellow
It's all body language. Just like closed arms kind of is subconscious of closing yourself off from other people, extending an arm is a sign of opening yourself to someone else, especially with an open palm.
A handshake is somewhat intimate, it's firm and you kind of become vulnerable to the other person. Our hands are one of the most sensitive parts of our body (besides our reproducitve organs, but it's not polite to greet each other with those), so we really feel the connection when we do it.
It's a really weird custom I never really thought about (like, why don't we butt heads instead.it seems just as arbitrary..)
To make sure the other person
won't use their weapon
Nowadays, is a sign of courtesy
To feel other's energy
to show love
and friendship
or for typical reasons
We shake with our weapon hand to show that we are empty handed therefor not a threat.
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