WHY DO WE KISS?

SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT WE ONLY KISS TO SHOW LOVE

HELPS CHOOSE A MATE

• Women can chemically assess a mate's suitability
• A kiss can be decipher for selecting a mate
• sense of smell--> kissing (detect pheromones)
• For heterosexual relationships

KISS FEEDING

• Chew up food to feed young
• Could have evolved into kissing
• Other cultures still continue to do this

AFFECTION

• Builds an intimate bond over length of the relationship
• Developed from face/nose rubbing
• Similar to how animals groom

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KISSING IN OTHER CULTURES

• 168 cultures from around the world, only 46% of cultures kiss in the romantic sense.
• Most still kiss children on the cheek in comfort
• Europe: kiss on a cheek to greet
• Kunik(Eskimo kissingwith nose): pressing nose against cheek and breathing in -intimate greeting between family and loved ones

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PLEASURE

• The lips are filled with nerves
• Very sensitive

NATURE VS. NURTURE

• Nature: used to find a mate
• Nurture: people see kissing in the environment they grow up in

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