Handshakes are the most popular way of greeting in today's political and economic world, but now public health experts are appealing to change this method which has been in practice for thousands of years.
People are avoiding physical contact, not getting out of homes, and following the opinions of public health experts, such as Anthony Fossey, national president of the United States National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to avoid the worldwide epidemic of Kovid-19. Fossey, who was instrumental in fighting the virus, told the Wall Street general last week: "Honestly, When we mix rarely hand to anyone. "
If Fossey had come true, it would be a major change in the history of human behavior. Shaking hands has, for the last century, been the standard mode of greeting in international trade, political and social relations.
But in times of crisis for public health when millions of people are avoiding physical contact to stop the spread of Kovid-19, the need for a handshake firmly rooted in our mutual behavior is bound to raise questions.
Gregory Poland, an infectious disease specialist at the Mayo Clinic, a US-based medical research institute, says, "Hands up to join hands is like taunting a biological weapon". There can be no place to join hands.
But will the handshake really end? Although initially it seemed extremely difficult to adopt social distancing (to maintain mutual distance), but now most people are taking care of it. And what will people do instead of joining hands?
Why do we shake hands?
The history of this why is centuries old. From ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia to Greek art and literature, joining hands or open arms has been considered a symbol of trust and faith. It is mentioned in the stone sculptures of Babylonia and the epics of Homer. All of these civilizations are empty. The right hand used to indicate that the person does not have any weapon and therefore he can be trusted. Studied and saw its use in Roman and Greek art to indicate a deeper emotional connection. In other classical art traditions, it was used to show conditions such as marriage relations, relationships between rulers and working together or establishing new relationships. Has taken place.
Juliana Schroeder, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, says, "Although joining hands today is no longer a testimony of having no arms, it is still an important sign of good intentions and in the business world where only This sign becomes extremely important when people meet strangers to get results ". According to his research, people prefer to work with people who start a conversation with hands. Handshake is a symbol of trust, cooperation and long-term cooperation. That is why shaking hands in big global conferences like G20 The pictures of the leaders are printed a lot.
But it is also true that in the whole world, shaking hands is not the only way of greeting. In India people often greet with folded hands, even in countries like Japan, non-physical contact greetings like bowing to each other is prevalent. Likewise, countries like Italy and France prefer to kiss on the cheeks two or three times instead of shaking hands (like in this era of corona virus. The traditions of the questions are being raised).
But traditions also change when society changes. After the Black Plague, the exchange of magnets on the cheeks in France was closed for centuries - is the future of handshakes going to be the same?
It is difficult to leave this habit but not impossible
It was very difficult for public health experts to persuade people to follow the physical distance - let alone be persuaded not to do handshakes. In fact, infectious disease experts also believe that 'physical contact, touch "The need for Adi is extremely natural. Pond says," Look at other mammal creatures. Their way of building community involves proximity and touch. .They hand not match the, but Cuaage a second arm, Shlaange fur, fur Utaangekdusre This is their way of expressing a desire to make any kind of relationship with the creatures. "
Tejianna Casciaro, Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of Toronto, says that trusting each other is the basic need of humans and that this need is met by shaking hands. So will the trend of shaking hands continue after this epidemic. "Probably not." , She says, "Many people will avoid joining hands after this pandemic, at least for some time we will be left within ourselves".
Poland also admits, "Changes in our cultural habits require a similar setback".
Says Professor Scroeder, "Perhaps the uncomfortable phase-out phase will last for some time. The muddle will continue for some time between the basic cultural habit of hand shaking and the need for governments and public health experts to heed warnings to leave. Some People will want to step up to join hands but will stop themselves from doing so and obstruct others as well ”.
Schroeder has shown in his research that when one person tries to shake hands with another and the other person does not shake hands (for whatever reason) the first person feels uncomfortable and hesitates to shake hands again. That this period of uneasiness and hesitation will go on for some time and perhaps joining hands with similar behaviors will be considered poorly.
It has started and many people around the world are avoiding shaking hands. America's leading ATKET institute has stopped advising people to join hands. Now they suggest that whenever you meet someone, ask you Nice to meet but I am following the health guidelines.
And people are following this advice as well. If they are not doing this then they are being harassed for habits like hand shake. "I believe that there is no such way of greeting instead of shaking hands." : Will develop which reflects this feeling of trust ".
But what would that method be?
Experts agree that handshake is not as important in itself as the cultural universal message of trust and connection it expresses. There are already many options of greeting, from finally bowing to each other, from nose to nose. .
Poland suggests, "Lightly tilting the head in a friendly manner is a good way". He also mentions the elbow-elbow (elbow-bump) practiced nowadays, though admitting it is a bit awkward ".
They also say that instead of ending the tradition of shaking hands, it would be more appropriate to develop better tams for use in the bathroom as many people touch the surfaces like door handles and counters, so there remains the remains of human feces. It is more likely.
But even if this epidemic does not come, the hand shake may not be the standard way of greeting one day. Professor Kanina Blanchard, spokeswoman for management dialogue at the University of Western Ontario, says, "Today the language of the economic world is English. The trend of shaking. But if we look at the figures, then the only way of greeting is in China, in India, where half of the world population is there. There are some people shaking hands here too, but they greet in some other way as well. The truth is that other ways of greeting are more traditional. And as areas like China, Middle East and India 'S participation will increase in the world's business world, their cultural customs will become international standards ".
Handshake
The thing is that even in the face of a crisis like covid-19, we need the warmth of human relationships - and according to our culture we express it with greetings, hugs or kisses or by shaking hands.
Blanchard says, "You have to change according to the situation. I will not be happy if the practice of hand shake is over, but the question is not of anyone's happiness. Change has become necessary and according to the conditions for social needs The human ability to mold oneself is amazing. "
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