yeah. there was some paper i found a while back on 'boundary crossings' and on 'boundary violations' and it was saying the same thing. touch can be so theraputic when used appropriately. i think i get what you are saying with respect to the situations in which you see people. even in therapy... i guess a huge part of it is about how comfortable the clinician feels about it. i guess a lot of clinicians have an uncomfortableness about touch similarly to how a lot of clients do. and i guess it is harder for guys too because of all the focus on 'bad touching' etc.