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>where the other party is a stranger? Huh? Most people are
>citing their own experience.

You brought up a stranger on a train, sitting on a co-worker's lap, kissing a boss, and licking a friend on the face.

Let's see, 3/4 of those responses are either stranger or relationships where the familiarity is distant enough that it has no bearing on the kind of relationships the article is focusing on.

And licking a friend's face? No bearing on the kind of contact the article is focusing on.

Also, trying to use personal experience to debunk something that someone has put actual research into is a bit hypocritical, as is then trying to state that your personal experience rates more highly than the experience of others who reach the opposite conclusion.

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>I think it's weird that you have to sit on a mans lap or hold
>hands in public to prove you weren't robbed of touch

Why is it weird? Other straight men in this world have that touch, or at the least would be comfortable with it. You don't. There are health implications. You've been robbed.