Is kissing a sexual thing?

[LucyDuke]

I'm going to go with this. I don't see how it isn't sexual if it's lips-to-lips.

I've seen non-sexual family lips-to-lips kissing. Seemed weird to me at first but that's just what they do.

 

[Winner]

I've seen non-sexual family lips-to-lips kissing. Seemed weird to me at first but that's just what they do.

That's why I added the word "romantic" to distinguish it from the weird family kisses.

 

[Narz]

I kiss my cats & my kid so no it's not always sexual. Kind of a silly thread. That's like asking "is hugging always sexual". Well, if you're a perv I guess it is.

 

[Mechanicalsalvation]

Given that in Latin America a kiss on the cheek is a common way of greeting people, I must be quite the Casanova.

Of course in Glasgow a kiss is a different thing.

If you would kiss as much in Glasgow as you do in Latin countries you would be look at as Casanova or Bonobo chimpanzee:

Sexual intercourse plays a major role in bonobo society observed in captivity, being used as what some scientists perceive as a greeting, a means of forming social bonds, a means of conflict resolution, and post-conflict reconciliation. Bonobos are the only non-human animal to have been observed engaging in all of the following sexual activities: face-to-face genital sex (although a pair of Western Gorillas has been photographed performing face-to-face genital sex), tongue kissing, and oral sex. In scientific literature, the female-female behavior of touching genitals together is often referred to as GG rubbing or genital-genital rubbing. The sexual activity happens within the immediate community and sometimes outside of it. Bonobos do not form permanent monogamous sexual relationships with individual partners. They also do not seem to discriminate in their sexual behavior by sex or age, with the possible exception of abstaining from sexual intercourse between mothers and their adult sons. When bonobos come upon a new food source or feeding ground, the increased excitement will usually lead to communal sexual activity, presumably decreasing tension and encouraging peaceful feeding.

Kissing is not an inherently sexual thing. Are exposed boobies inherently sexual things? No.

Context is everything.

If you by context also mean the inner attitude of people involved then yes.

You could also ask what was first, kiss or sex-thought?

 

[warpus]

I am wondering if kissing always means something sexual. That does seem to be the consensus nowadays, especially in our western culture. So do you think that do thik that kissing is primarily a sexual thing?

It's a consensus in Saudi Arabia and Alabama maybe.

I'm Polish, we often kiss eachother on both cheeks during a greeting. There is nothing sexual about it.

 

[Takhisis]

Would you kiss bacon, since we're at it?

 

[wilycoyote]

Growing up in a family in which sons kiss their mothers on the lips (just quick pressing of lips), I would have to say absolutely not. This always felt a bit strange for a kid that felt that kissing should always be sexual, but with age that no longer is the case. Though, it may still be weird, I don't know. Hell, I wouldn't even say making out is all that sexual, just a passionate prelude to something sexual.

 

[Takhisis]

I'd heard rumours about Texans, but this…

 

[GamezRule]

It depends on the context, really.

 

[Perfection]

No, I don't want to screw puppies.

 

[Commodore]

It's always sexual with my wife, but it's most assuredly not sexual when I kiss my daughter on her forehead when she wakes up in the morning.