Let Go of the Handshake. Time to Usher in New Social Etiquette

Join the etiquette rebellion

Jen Gippel PhD
ILLUMINATION
Published in
5 min readJun 25, 2021

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Two people letting go of each others hand
Letting go of the handshake. Purchased from shutterstock.com

COVID, necessitate we abandon the handshake, at least for now. I’m one person who’s thankful for this small mercy; although many think otherwise. Will Leitch provides a nostalgic and male view of the handshake and argues why we should save this particular bit of social etiquette. On the contrary, I’m all for…

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Jen Gippel PhD
ILLUMINATION

Ph.D. Finance, MSc Creativity Studies | Combining science and personal experience I write about Aging, Creativity, and Life.