Touch and sociability [ Communication ]
… of the nineteenth century. 3 These changing assumptions would have had an impact on male emotions and experiences of sensuality in their contact with women. Indeed, we might see the conventions of conduct and courtship becoming … betray her modesty, at least on an early encounter. And these ambiguities served both to disguise and to enhance the sensuality of the touch. 14 . John Millar, The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks (Edinburgh: 1777), chapter 1: ’Of the …
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