The science of the smooch - Coupling: Dating, marriage and other relationships - Salon.com
Let's be honest, a kiss is never just a kiss. It is the ultimate romantic symbol in our culture -- from Shakespearean tragedies to Gustav Klimt's gilded embrace to the legendary V-J Day smooch in Times Square to those critical words "you may kiss the bride." Sometimes it's instead an expression of affection, elation, loyalty or, on the other hand, disloyalty (see: the kiss of Judas). In cruder manifestations -- take Britney and Madonna's lip smacking, and the tonsil hockey of modern reality television -- it's a way to scandalize. But despite this breadth of meaning, we have very rigid ideas of what types of kissing are appropriate and acceptable -- as Stephanie Seymour recently discovered after photos circulated of an ocean-side embrace with her son.
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