“Strokes and hugs are
being edged out of our lives, with doctors, teachers and colleagues
increasingly hesitant about social touching. Is this hyper vigilance of
boundaries beginning to harm our mental health?
By: Paula Cocozza
Published: The Guardian, 7March 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/07/crisis-touch-hugging-mental-health-strokes-cuddles
Level of difficulty:
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BEFORE YOU READ
·
The
importance of touch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk9N3-HNfJs&list=PLZVMGCh7sZUjypJMrIEHLZVtO6JL9W4ot&index=18
QUESTIONS
1.
Why is it strange that social touch is
considered unacceptable?
2.
What extraordinary new venture has emerged in
the market? What is the probable reason for the emerging demand?
3.
Look back at the three paragraphs you have read.
Which of the following phrases would make the best subtitle: social touch / a
crisis of touch /the loneliness epidemic/ the end to comforting.
4.
Science supports / does not support Mc Glone
because in fact, we are / aren’t equipped with…
5.
We are programmed to respond positively to touch
as ….
6.
Why does McGlone call c tactile afferents the
Higgs boson of the social world? Because it is…
7.
There is a real scientific basis for our
instinctive understanding of the power of touch. It is the fact that…
8.
Why do people who visit “Cuddle Up To Me” keep
forgetting stuff? Because…
9.
Watch
first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCeWr8OFuEs
Harlow’s experiments and the case of the Romanian orphanages prove that…
10.
In what sense do Field’s observations mirror
Harlow’s earlier findings? In the sense that …
11.
Read the information provided by Kelly Payne and
Field. What conclusion can be drawn from this information:
·
Lack of touch can kill
·
Lack of touch is widespread
·
Lack of touch is toxic
·
Lack of touch is an epidemic
12.
McGlone warns against……….. because such a move
might lead to………..
13.
Where in the paragraph beginning “Touch” would
you place the following sentence: In other words, it has its negative
effects as well.
14.
“Energetically leaning forward for a hug “is an example
of a method of…
15.
The case of Meghan Markle, Michelle Obama and
the rugby player are all examples of …
16.
You can reap the benefits of touch on your own
by ………….or……………… because…
WRITING TASK
Refer back to all you have read and listened to and write an
essay discussing the reasons for the importance of touch.
NO HUGGING: ARE WE
LIVING THROUGH A CRISIS OF TOUCH? KEY AND TEACHERS’ NOTES
As a member of a
nation which is not renowned for being tactile but living in a country where
everyone is culturally much more tactile, I have long been aware of the issue
of touch. This text confirmed for me many conclusions I had already reached
myself. I hope you find it as interesting as I did.
1.
It was instinctive to us as children
2.
A touch industry / a loneliness epidemic
3.
A crisis of touch
4.
A nerve ending which exists solely to recognize
a gentle stroking touch
5.
The pleasantness encourages us to keep touching,
nourishes babies and binds adults and threads wellbeing into the fabric of our
being.
6.
Responsible for so many aspects of our wellbeing
across our lifespan
7.
It slows down heart rate, blood pressure and the
release of cortisol (which gives people better control over their stress
hormones)
8.
They leave with a dose of oxytocin
9.
Touch is a sort of species recognition (which
suggests that without touch, humans may be less human)
10.
People were wrapped in their own worlds rather
than each other, sitting in isolation, bowed over screens, a huddle unto
themselves
11.
The third (Toxic, here: has a lot of serious
negative effects)
12.
Disturbing or interrupting the evolutionary
system / compensation which could be drugs or alcohol
13.
After “…universal good”
14.
Offering and inviting touch
15.
Touch that breaks protocol
16.
Power walking or yoga/ they stimulate pressure
points
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