Are you comfortable with PDAs, otherwise known as "public displays of affection"? Here, three couples reveal just how far they'll go in public.
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This is an interesting question, because I bet most people are okay if couples are of the opposite sex, but not okay if they are of the same sex. And, some people are very offended at the idea of non-sexual cheek-kissing by men in certain cultures. Where do you draw the line? Or maybe you don't?
When I used to work at the airport I saw guys necking and girls making out. It wasn't that they were gay, it was the fact that I was tired of seeing the ugly ones dry hump each other in front of me (both gay and straight) all day. Some of them go to the extreme of ending up on the floor. I <3 affection but save the sex for the bedroom.
Actually, beyond simple hand holding, pecks on the cheek or at the most shoulder or waist touching, signaling affection BUT NOT sexuality, I am uncomfortable with any public display of affection, heterosexual or homosexual. So that is where I draw the line. It is simply discourteous, rude and selfish to intrude on other peoples days with public displays of sexual undertones. I would make an exception, though, at a ship yard or airport where people, like soldiers, and their families, etc, are seeing each other for the first time in weeks, months, or even years. That would be a public place where extended liplocking, etc., would be expected, so the average person would be mentally prepared for the spectacle.
I agree, there is a big difference between "affection" and "sexuality."
We are living in a global environment, and we've heard of issues in countries in the mideast where westerners acted inappropriately for the culture in which they were visiting.
Best for everyone, everywhere, to ensure activity is not sexual.
There are more appropriate places than the airport to do that, such as at home before leaving or when you're dropped off. Trust me when I speak for everyone that works at the airport... we don't want to see you rubbing up against each other on the ground or making out for 10 minutes. Someone actually vomited from watching these kinds of displays. Do it in private please. A little kiss and a hug is fine but again, it is a public place. I always say goodbye to people at home. No need to be making a scene at a place of business.
The phrase "get a room" was created for a reason. Many people want to share their love/attraction for their partner with everyone and frankly we don't want to see it or hear it. A light kiss, hand holding, hug, etc is ok, but really people the suck your partners face off kiss, groping and borderline sex I am not interested in. If I want to watch a porno I'll go home and see more attractive people doing it.
That said there have been a few times in the past when discrete, but risky sex or exhibitionism was fun. Many of my girlfriends have gone naked under their coats out in public with me, I have had sex in many places in public (in the car, in the woods, etc.), but not been seen by others. The problem is there are so many wierd people that if you are caught your GF could be raped and you both could be killed. So bottomline is I have moved in doors which many of you will applaude and I encourage others to do the same.
Jack, your sneaking around is a lot different than, say, two people on the front row of a crowded movie theatre who aren't watching the movie. (My proposed scenario assumes a regular movie at the mall, of course....)
If I don't see you who cares. Just don't purposefully re-enact a porno in front of me. As someone mentioned above, people have to realize how psychologically impacted some people are when their deep religious beleifs are violated when forced to witness such acts. I know a very sweet Muslim girl from Indonesia and, although she laughed (out of sheer trauma), she had been violated when boys from the other dorm entered our meeting room while she was not wearing her head scarf. She was a very open minded girl and was even willing to go do Karaoke (which in Indonesia was considered something whores did) and never complained, but you could tell from her screams that she had been hurt.
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