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A woman is twice as likely to give you her number if you touch her on her shoulder or arm when you first meet her. Touch is a powerful social lubricant[1].

Is that psychology experiment now a hatefact that we must unlearn? Perhaps we should fire the psychologist who did the experiment.

[1] http://www.spring.org.uk/2011/04/10-psychological-effects-of...



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