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Touching between adult men and women is not common, even between husbands and wives. A child may have slept with his parents while they were having intercourse, but the public image is puritanical; the same couple will not touch, hold, or hug each other.

• Source: Ottenberg, Simon. Boyhood rituals in an African society: an interpretation. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1989.
• Culture: Igbo
• Location: Africa