To Touch Is to Live : The Need for Genuine Affection in an Impersonal World

, by Caplan, Mariana

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ISBN: 9781890772246 | 1890772240
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 11/1/2002

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Foreword

Ashley Montagu

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction

xvii

A Touch-Starved Nation

(22)

On Cooking Frogs

12 Steps To Avoid Human Touch and Intimacy

The Untouchables

A Loss of Trust

The Fast Lane to Nowhere

First Touch: Birth and Childhood

(38)

Knowledge Lies in Women's Bodies

Bonding

Bonding is Not Just Sweet Sentiment, It is a Moral-Scientific Imperative

How to Encourage Bonding

In the Womb

The Birth Chamber

Hospital Birth v. Homebirth

The Three B's---Breast-feeding, Backin' da Baby and Bedtime

Infant Massage

Second Touch: Affection with Children

(16)

How We Learn To Love Our Children

Withholding Affection

Affection on Demand

Father Bonding

Sexuality in Children

The Wrong Kind of Touch: A Culture of Abuse

(48)

What is Abuse?

Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right

The Roots of Violence

How We Cope

Sexual Abuse---The Twisted Touch

Culture of Abuse---Culture of Denial

On Healing Through Touch

125

(16)

Cease to be Part of the Problem

Healing the Unbonded Child

Healing the Unbonded Adult

Sexuality and Worship of the Body

141

(22)

Sometimes Sex is Just Sex

Face the Facts: Where Sex is Concerned, We're All in the Dark

Get in Bed with your Lover---Not Mommy and Daddy

Great-Grandma and Grandpa May Have Been Right

See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me

The Body Knows

Real Men are Irresistible and Real Women Want Real Men

Women: Get Out of Your Head

Men: Place Your Attention on Your Woman

You Can Have a Passionate Life Even Without a Mate

Cultivate Same-Gender Friendships

Get on Your Knees and Worship Your Lover

The Touch of God

163

(46)

The Illusion of Separation and the Reality of Interconnectedness

It's Just Like the Buddha Said

Touch in Daily Life

Intention

Sacrifice

Heartbreak

Notes

209

(10)

Bibliography and Recommended Reading

219

(18)

Index

237

(6)

243

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