A kiss can be a beautiful thing, and what adds even more to the joy, is that there are so many different forms of kissing. There is the kiss on the cheek that shows basic affection but not in the romantic way. It’s innocent, light, casual, and even done between men in some cultures.
There is the kiss on the forehead, also not heavy and heated and with no desire involved. Then comes the light kiss on the lips that gets a little closer than basic affection. That’s called the chups. Followed of course by the passionate open mouth, wet sensual kiss that includes the most dangerous organ of all, the tongue. That’s called the French Kiss, for the French are known for their passion.
Anyway, that deep passionate kiss has a whole heap of meaning behind it, and is not to be taken lightly. Kisses are so important that they are even conveyed through the air. Oh yes, people even blow kisses to each other as they send and receive those aerial forms of affection across great distances. Let’s not forget the all important goodnight kiss after that first date that cements the evening.
But a kiss can also be sinister, brutal, dangerous and final, as in Beso De Muerte, the kiss of death, said to be performed by mafia dons on the cheeks of their intended victims who they target for death. There’s also the kiss of betrayal as in the Bible, ‘But Jesus said to him, Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?’
One seemingly simple innocuous kiss seems to have reverberated around the world a few weeks ago, and it’s still creating waves and causing ripples that eventually swelled to the force of a tsunami.
I’m referring to that mouth to mouth planting of lips by the president of the Spanish Football Federation, on the lips of a female football player as he congratulated her after Spain won the Women’s World Cup.
This was done in full public view before thousands of people and millions of television viewers. Maybe the guy got carried away with the euphoria of just winning the World Cup?
The Spanish are known to be hot blooded, passionate and romantic, so maybe he just succumbed to his basic urges and DNA. Nevertheless, that kiss didn’t seem to go down well with the player or with other factions of the football fraternity who are demanding that the man resign.
On the flip side, there are others who are defending him, saying that the whole thing is being blown out of proportion, and it was just a gesture of congratulations on his part. He refuses to resign but has been suspended.
Now I am by no means condoning his actions, for he had no right to kiss the woman on her mouth without her consent. But I sense a double standard here.
If it was a woman who kissed a male player on the lips, would there be such a hue and cry of international condemnation? Nevertheless, I don’t think that the punishment should be so harsh.
Maybe they could tie him to a tree and let random big burly women kiss him passionately on his mouth as they see fit. Maybe he’d feel how that female player felt when he kissed he. Let the punishment fit the crime. That kiss was crosses indeed.
Still, a consenting kiss can be a wonderful experience that makes people go weak in the knees . “Man, when I kissed her my head spin, my heart race and I turn stupid.” “Wow, he’s such a great kisser, makes my heart beat faster.”
Yes, a kiss is one of the greatest sensations that couples can feel and share, as it conveys so much deep feeling. It shows affection, it shows warmth, it shows desire, it expresses love. A kiss can also show deception, for a sensitive person will detect any change in the kiss and sense that something is amiss. Kisses can bring crosses.
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