>> My example was a volunteer setting (religious organization) with clients from a mix of different cultures. <<
That makes it challenging because people will have such diverse ideas of what is appropriate when and with whom.
>>I think some of the staff/volunteers from other cultures would might have done consensual culturally-appropriate casual touch with clients once or twice, and a lot of the clients were rather cuddly with each other until they recalibrated to American norms.<<
That makes sense. For comparison, T-America is more touch-friendly than L-America, and hippies tend to be more cuddly in general.
>>To be fair, most traditional offices don't involve:<<
True, although that's much more typical of social service jobs like battered women support or homeless shelters.
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Date: 2021-11-26 12:09 am (UTC)That makes it challenging because people will have such diverse ideas of what is appropriate when and with whom.
>>I think some of the staff/volunteers from other cultures would might have done consensual culturally-appropriate casual touch with clients once or twice, and a lot of the clients were rather cuddly with each other until they recalibrated to American norms.<<
That makes sense. For comparison, T-America is more touch-friendly than L-America, and hippies tend to be more cuddly in general.
>>To be fair, most traditional offices don't involve:<<
True, although that's much more typical of social service jobs like battered women support or homeless shelters.
>>And we all mostly got along.<<
Then you did as well as could be expected.