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Zaria32
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 Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject: What, exactly, is skinship? |
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And Spliff, if you do a Spliffy, I'm gonna Splaff you!
I hear this all the time. I've read that male teachers shouldn't develop "skinship" with girl students. Is "skinship" only related to kids?
Does it exist in the adult world? Does it have sexual connotations? Always? Some of the time?
Anyone really know? |
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mistermasan
Joined: 20 Sep 2007
Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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| by inference, i take it to mean getting too touchy with the kids. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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Skinship is a great coinage.
I take it to mean casual intimacy between parent & child, boyfriend & girlfriend, or just friends. Where touch conveys fondness with a trusted other. |
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livinseoul
Joined: 28 Nov 2007
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King Baeksu
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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| livinseoul wrote: |
| http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=skinship |
Actually, the Urban Dictionary is wrong in this case. "Skinship" is of Japanese derivation.
The Koreans borrowed it and turned it into a euphemism to mean almost anything sexual they want depending on the situation.
The original Japanese meaning is touching between a mom and her baby. |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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| schwa wrote: |
Skinship is a great coinage.
I take it to mean casual intimacy between parent & child, boyfriend & girlfriend, or just friends. Where touch conveys fondness with a trusted other. |
Is skinship ever used for parent and child?? I've never heard it used that way, but I don't really ever hang out with children. Or parents.
I thought it just meant getting physical in a relationship, anywhere from kissing to f*cking. So thinking of it between parent and child weirds me out. |
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King Baeksu
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| billybrobby wrote: |
| schwa wrote: |
Skinship is a great coinage.
I take it to mean casual intimacy between parent & child, boyfriend & girlfriend, or just friends. Where touch conveys fondness with a trusted other. |
Is skinship ever used for parent and child?? I've never heard it used that way, but I don't really ever hang out with children. Or parents.
I thought it just meant getting physical in a relationship, anywhere from kissing to f*cking. So thinking of it between parent and child weirds me out. |
Allow me to reiterate. Skinship is a 50 or 60 year old Japlish term that originally had no sexual meaning. The Koreans adopted it and in the last 10 or 15 years it has taken on a primarily sexual meaning amongst younger Koreans. It stands to reason that when the Koreans first imported it it referred to the mother-offspring relationship. Koreans use it today as a sexual euphemism because the Korean language itself is somewhat lacking in modern sexual slang terminology. |
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jay-shi
Joined: 09 May 2004
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Korean skinship = friends with benefits. |
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Benicio
Joined: 25 May 2006
Location: Down South- where it's hot & wet
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:19 am Post subject: |
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Skinship in a sexual manner= anything between holding hands and dry humping or heavy making out. It stops short of penetration, I guess.
It's never been made clear to me if skinship has any non-sexual meaning.
Is that situation where 2 school girls are holding hands or the guy is sitting on his friend's lap on the subway or the boys or girls grooming their same-sex friends in class considered "skinship" as well? |
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King Baeksu
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:24 am Post subject: |
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| Benicio wrote: |
| Skinship in a sexual manner= anything between holding hands and dry humping or heavy making out. It stops short of penetration, I guess. |
Not always true.
| Benicio wrote: |
| It's never been made clear to me if skinship has any non-sexual meaning. |
Yes, it has. Twice, actually.
| Benicio wrote: |
| Is that situation where 2 school girls are holding hands or the guy is sitting on his friend's lap on the subway or the boys or girls grooming their same-sex friends in class considered "skinship" as well? |
Yes. |
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Benicio
Joined: 25 May 2006
Location: Down South- where it's hot & wet
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:16 am Post subject: |
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| I'm pretty sure that when there is penetration, it stops being "skinship" and starts being what they call "sexsuh"! |
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Kimchieluver
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:22 am Post subject: |
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| Benicio wrote: |
| I'm pretty sure that when there is penetration, it stops being "skinship" and starts being what they call "sexsuh"! |
I guess it depends on if the woman feels the penetration. |
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Rae
Joined: 10 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:26 am Post subject: |
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| skinship just means touching of any kind in a non-platonic manner |
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Rae
Joined: 10 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:32 am Post subject: |
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| Benicio wrote: |
Skinship in a sexual manner= anything between holding hands and dry humping or heavy making out. It stops short of penetration, I guess.
It's never been made clear to me if skinship has any non-sexual meaning.
Is that situation where 2 school girls are holding hands or the guy is sitting on his friend's lap on the subway or the boys or girls grooming their same-sex friends in class considered "skinship" as well? |
Skinship implies a romantic or perverted gesture (lol). It's weird and wrong to use it explaining innocent hugging between school children. |
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RJjr
Joined: 17 Aug 2006
Location: Turning on a Lamp
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