How do signs of affection differ among cultures?

How do signs of affection differ among cultures?

Norine Dresser (Writer) gives expert video advice on: How do I know how to greet someone of another culture?; How do signs of affection differ among cultures?; Which American gestures might be interpreted as obscene by other cultures? and more...

In our society we're so homophobic, that if you see two women holding hands, or two men holding hands, you just assume that it is a homosexual relationship, but most other parts of the world it's just the opposite, and I've had students from China in particular tell me how upset they are like two girls walking hand in hand, and then they get upset because then their accused of having a homosexual relationship, and no matter how they feel about it or not it's just such a reversed kind of interpretation.