Body Language Analysis №4282: When Public Displays of Affection are More Frequent than those in Private — Nonverbal and Emotional Intelligence (PHOTO)
We all know of people (and perhaps we’re one of them) who have an aversion to public displays of affection (colloquially referred to as PDAs). Yet, in private, these same people exhibit many affection displays — in the range of what most professionals would say classify as healthy and “within normal limits”.
But the opposite pattern also occurs — when a person publicly displays affection such as hand holding, kissing, hugging, etc., — but does so much less frequently in private. This behavior pattern is an affectation. It’s indicative of a person who wants to show “ownership” of their partner — but who’s deficient in affection. Crucially it’s also associated with low sincerity and low empathy. If you’re at the receiving end of this behavior — you’re being used.
A person with low sincerity and low empathy is, in a nutshell, a sociopath (Antisocial Personality Disorder).
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See also:
Body Language Analysis №4281: Michael Cohen’s Duplicitous Smile
Body Language Analysis №4276: Waffle House Hero James Shaw Jr. Meets His NBA Idol Dwyane Wade
Body Language Analysis №4275: Rudy Giuliani’s Interview on Fox News
Body Language Analysis №4268: Benedict Cumberbatch, Schadenfreude, and The Grinch
Body Language Analysis №4253: Tiger Woods at The 2018 Masters
Body Language Analysis №4249: Will Smith, Sophia the Robot, Robot-Empathy, and Responding in Context
Body Language Analysis №4063: The Murder of Laci and Connor Peterson — Scott Peterson (Part 1 of 3)
This post and the associated website serve as reference sources for the art and science of Body Language/Nonverbal Communication. The views and opinions expressed here are those of the author. In an effort to be both practical and academic, many examples from/of varied cultures, politicians, professional athletes, legal cases, public figures, etc., are cited in order to teach and illustrate both the interpretation of others’ body language as well as the projection of one’s own nonverbal skills in many different contexts — not to advance any political, religious, or other agenda.
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